Method for isolating and purifying multipotential neural progenitor cells and multipotential neural progenitor cells

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a method of separating multipotential neural progenitor cells from a mixed population of cell types. This method includes selecting a promoter which functions selectively in the neural progenitor cells, introducing a nucleic acid molecule encoding a fluorescent protein under control of said promoter into all cell types of the mixed population of cell types, allowing only the neural progenitor cells, but not other cell types, within the mixed population to express said fluorescent protein, identifying cells of the mixed population of cell types that are fluorescent, which are restricted to the neural progenitor cells, and separating the fluorescent cells from the mixed population of cell types, wherein the separated cells are restricted to the neural progenitor cells. The present invention also relates to an isolated human musashi promoter and an enriched or purified preparation of isolated multipotential neural progenitor cells.

[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/173,003, filed Dec. 23, 1999, which is hereby incorporated by reference.

[0002] The subject matter of this application was made with support from the United States Government under grants RO1 NS29813 and RO1 NS33106 of the National Institutes of Health.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0003] The present invention relates generally to a method of separating cells of interest, in particular multipotential neural progenitor cells.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0004] Throughout this application various publications are referenced, many in parenthesis. Full citations for these publications are provided at the end of the Detailed Description. The disclosures of these publications in their entireties are hereby incorporated by reference in this application.

[0005] The damaged brain is largely incapable of functionally significant structural self-repair. This is due in part to the apparent failure of the mature brain to generate new neurons (Korr, 1980; Sturrock, 1982). However, the absence of neuronal production in the adult vertebrate forebrain appears to reflect not a lack of appropriate neuronal precursors, but rather their tonic inhibition and/or lack of post-mitotic trophic and migratory support. Converging lines of evidence now support the contention that neuronal and glial precursor cells are distributed widely throughout the ventricular subependymal of the adult vertebrate forebrain, persisting across a wide range of species groups (Goldman and Nottebohm, 1983; Reynolds and Weiss, 1992; Richards et al., 1992; Kirschenbaum et al., 1994; Kirschenbaum and Goldman, 1995a; reviewed in Goldman, 1995; Goldman, 1997; Goldman, 1998; Goldman and Luskin, 1998; and Gage et al., 1995). Most studies have found that the principal source of these precursors is the ventricular zone (Goldman and Nottebohm, 1983; Goldman, 1990; Goldman et al., 1992; Lois and Alvarez-Buylla, 1993; Morshead et al., 1994; Kirschenbaum et al., 1994; Kirschenbaum and Goldman, 1995), though competent neural precursors have been obtained from parenchymal sites as well (Richards et al., 1992; Palmer et al., 1995; Pincus et al., 1998). In general, adult progenitors respond to epidermal growth factor (EGF) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) with proliferative expansion (Reynolds and Weiss, 1992; Kilpatrick and Bartlett, 1995; Kuhn et al., 1997), may be multipotential (Vescovi et al., 1993; Goldman et al., 1996), and persist throughout life (Goldman et al., 1996). In rodents and humans, their neuronal daughter cells can be supported by brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) (Kirschenbaum and Goldman, 1995a), and become fully functional in vitro (Kirschenbaum et al., 1994, Pincus et al., 1998a, and Pincus et al. 1998b), like their avian counterparts (Goldman and Nedergaard, 1992).

[0006] A major impediment to both the analysis of the biology of adult neural precursors, and to their use in engraftment and transplantation studies, has been their relative scarcity in adult brain tissue, and their consequent low yield when harvested by enzymatic dissociation and purification techniques. As a result, attempts at either manipulating single adult-derived precursors or enriching them for therapeutic replacement have been difficult. The few reported successes at harvesting these cells from dissociates of adult brain, whether using avian (Goldman et al., 1992; 1996c), murine (Reynolds and Weiss, 1992), or human (Kirschenbaum et al., 1994) tissue, have all reported <1% cell survival. Thus, several groups have taken the approach of raising lines derived from single isolated precursors, continuously exposed to mitogens in serum-free suspension culture (Reynolds and Weiss, 1992; Morshead et al., 1994; Palmer et al., 1995). As a result, however, many of the basic studies of differentiation and growth control in the neural precursor population have been based upon small numbers of founder cells, passaged greatly over prolonged periods of time, under constant mitogenic stimulation. The phenotypic potential, transformation state and karyotype of these cells are all uncertain; after repetitive passage, it is unclear whether such precursor lines remain biologically representative of their parental precursors, or instead become transformants with perturbed growth and lineage control.

[0007] In order to devise a more efficient means of isolating native, unpassaged and untransformed progenitor cells from brain tissue, a strategy by which brain cells could be freely dissociated from brain tissue, then transduced in vitro with plasmid DNA bearing a fluorescent reporter gene under the control of neural progenitor cell-type specific promoters was developed (Wang et al., 1998). This permitted isolation of the elusive neuronal progenitor cell of the CNS, using the Tα1 tubulin promoter, a regulatory sequence expressed only in neuronal progenitor cells and young neurons.

[0008] However, Tα1 tubulin-based separations are limited in that they yield committed neuronal progenitors, and not the more multipotential neural progenitors, such as neural stem cells, of the adult brain, which can give rise to neurons, oligodendrocytes, and astrocytes. The existence of these neural stem cells has been reported in a number of studies of rodents (reviewed in Weiss et al., 1996), and precursors competent to generate both neurons and oligodendrocytes have been demonstrated in adult humans (Kirschenbaum et al., 1994; reviewed in Goldman, 1997). In rodents, these cells have been clonally expanded using repetitive passage and mitogenic stimulation, as described above. Nonetheless, native adult neural stem cells have never been separated and purified as such, in rodents or humans.

[0009] A strong need therefore exists for a new strategy for identifying, separating, isolating, and purifying native multipotential neural progenitor cells from brain tissue.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0010] To this end, the subject invention provides a method of separating multipotential neural progenitor cells from a mixed population of cell types, based upon cell-type selective expression of cell-specific promoters. This method includes selecting a promoter which functions selectively in the neural progenitor cells and introducing a nucleic acid molecule encoding a fluorescent protein under control of said promoter into all cell types of the mixed population of cell types. Only the neural progenitor cells, but not other cell types, within the mixed population are allowed to express the fluorescent protein. Cells of the mixed population of cell types that are fluorescent, which are restricted to the neural progenitor cells, are identified and the fluorescent cells are separated from the mixed population of cell types. As a result, the separated cells are restricted to the neural progenitor cells.

[0011] The present invention also relates to an isolated human musashi promoter.

[0012] Another aspect of the present invention is an enriched or purified preparation of isolated multipotential neural progenitor cells.

[0013] A promoter is chosen which specifically drives expression in multipotential neural progenitor cells but not in other cells of the nervous system. The fluorescent protein will therefore only be expressed and detectable in cells in which the promoter operates, i.e. those cells for which the promoter is specific.

[0014] The method involves the introduction of a nucleic acid encoding the fluorescent protein, under the control of the cell specific promoter, into a plurality of cells. Various methods of introduction known to those of ordinary skill in the art can be utilized, including (but not limited to) viral mediated transformation (e.g., adenovirus mediated transformation), electroporation, and liposomal mediated transformation.

[0015] After cell specific expression of the fluorescent protein, such as green fluorescent protein (GFP), the cells expressing the fluorescent protein are separated by an appropriate means. In particular, the cells can be separated by fluorescence activated cell sorting. The method of the subject invention thus provides for the enrichment and separation of the multipotential neural progenitor cells.

[0016] Contemporary approaches toward the use of neural precursor cells have focused upon preparing clonal lines derived from single progenitors. However, such propagated lines can become progressively less representative of their parental precursors with time and passage in vitro. To circumvent these difficulties, the method of the subject invention provides a strategy for the live cell identification, isolation and enrichment of native multipotential neural progenitor cells, by fluorescence-activated cell sorting of human ventricular zone cells transfected with fluorescent protein, driven by the multipotential neural progenitor cell-specific musashi promoter or nestin enhancer. Using this approach, multipotential neural progenitor cells can be identified and selectively harvested from a wide variety of samples, including embryonic and adult brain of avian, mammalian, and human origin. This approach allows for the enrichment of neural precursors from both adults and embryos, with a yield substantially higher than that achievable through standard techniques of selective dissection and differential centrifugation. The musashi protein is a RNA-binding protein expressed by neural progenitors, including cycling cells of both the ventricular and subventricular zones (Sakakibara et al., 1996). During development, it is expressed by neural and neuronal progenitor cells of the ventricular zone, such that musashi expression falls sharply to undetectable levels when a cell commits to neuronal phenotype, at which point expression of the related Hu proteins rise (Sakakibara et al., 1997). Nestin is an intermediate filament expressed by neural stem and progenitor cells; the second intronic enhancer of nestin directs its transcription to neural progenitor cells of the fetal neuroepithelium. As a result, the musashi promoter and the nestin enhancer were chosen for this study for their ability to target transgene expression to multipotential neural progenitor cells.

[0017] Extension of this approach to include fluorescent transgenes under the control of stage- and phenotype-specific promoters (both of which are intended to be covered by reference to “cell-specific” promoters herein) allows even more specific separations to be performed, for example, of multipotential neural progenitors over a range of developmental stages. This strategy permits sufficient enrichment for in vivo implantation of the defined and separated progenitor pools, as well as for in vitro analyses of phenotypic specification and growth control.

[0018] By providing a means of identifying multipotential neural progenitor cells while alive, even when present in small numbers in mixed populations, the use of fluorescent transgenes driven by cell type-selective promoters such as the musashi promoter and the nestin enhancer will allow the specification of phenotype to be studied and perturbed on the single cell level, an approach that had previously only been feasible on larger populations. Indeed, when used in conjunction with post-transfection fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS), this strategy may permit the enrichment of any cell type for which stage- or phenotype-specific promoters are available. For instance, similar GFP constructs based upon early neuronal promoters, such as Tα1 tubulin (Wang et al., 1998), might similarly permit the enrichment of neuronal and oligodendrocytic precursors as well as multipotential neural progenitors from adult brain tissue. As a result, spectrally distinct GFP variants with non-overlapping emission spectra (Heim and Tsien, 1996), each driven by a different cell-specific promoter, will allow concurrent identification of neuronal precursors, oligodendrocytic precursors, and multipotential neural progenitors in vitro. Multi-channel cell sorting based upon the concurrent use of several lasers with non-overlapping excitation lines, such as Ar-K and He-Ne, should then allow the separation and simultaneous isolation of several distinct precursor phenotypes from a given brain sample.

[0019] The method of the present invention provides a new strategy for the isolation and purification of multipotential neural progenitor cells, especially neural stem cells, from the adult brain. These cells may be used in both basic analyses of precursor and stem cell growth control, as well as in more applied studies of their transplantability and engraftment characteristics. Generally, by providing a means to identify and enrich neural precursor cells from adult brain, this strategy may allow a significant acceleration in the study of precursor and stem cell biology, as well as providing native unpassaged adult precursor cells in sufficient number for implantation studies. As such, this approach may spur the development of induced adult neurogenesis as a viable therapeutic modality for the structural repair of the damaged central nervous system, whether in the brain or spinal cord.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0020] The file of this patent contains at least one drawing executed in color. Copies of this patent with color drawings will be provided by the Office upon request and payment of the necessary fees.

[0021] These and other features and advantages of this invention will be evident from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

[0022]FIG. 1 shows a schematic outlining the strategy by which AdE/Nest:EGFP and AdP/Msi:hGFP-based fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) was used to extract neural stem cells from the fetal human forebrain. The isolated cells were characterized for their lineage potential in vitro. In addition, their phenotypic potential was also assessed upon in vivo xenograft into telencephalic vesicles of E17 and P2 rats.

[0023] FIGS. 2A-E show fetal human 21 week gestational age brain sections with neural progenitor cells labeled by anti-human nestin (red) and musashi-1 (green) antibodies. FIGS. 2D-E are a 40× magnification of the ventricular zone and the border of the subventricular zone and intermediate zones, respectively. In FIGS. 2D and E, the arrowheads show the frequent musashi⁺/nestin-cells, particularly at the adluminal surface of the ventricular zone, whereas the arrows show double-labeled cells, more common in the deeper layers of the ventricular zone and nascent subventricular zone. At this gestational timepoint, musashi-1 immunoreactivity was expressed by virtually all cells of the ventricular zone, while nestin was less ubiquitously expressed. In contrast, nestin expression was most predominant within the basal aspect of the ventricular zone, and throughout the subventricular zone. A preponderance of musashi⁺/nestin⁺ double labeled cells was noted at the interface of these two layers, with many apparent migrants. These double-labeled cells became increasing scarce with greater distances from the ventricular wall, as nestin⁺/musashi-cells began to predominate.

[0024] FIGS. 3A-F show AdP/Musashi.hGFP⁺ cells which are mitotically competent and phenotypically uncommitted.

[0025]FIG. 3A shows that at 8 DIV, 96. 1% of AdP/Msi:hGFP⁺ (green) cells are co-labeled with nestin antibody (red).

[0026]FIG. 3B shows that none of the AdP/Msi:hGFP⁺ (green) cells express early neuronal marker of TUJ-1 protein (red).

[0027]FIG. 3C shows that approximately 39% of AdP/Msi:hGFP⁺ (green) cells co-express GFAP (red) and 93.25% of cells are mitotically active, as indicated by incorporation of BrdU (blue).

[0028] FIGS. 3D-F are the corresponding phase contrast views for FIGS. 3A-C, respectively.

[0029] FIGS. 4A-F show AdE/Nest.EGFP⁺ cells which are mitotically competent and phenotypically uncommitted.

[0030]FIG. 4A shows that at 4 DIV, 98.95% of Ad.E/Nestin:EGFP⁺(green) cells are co-labeled with nestin antibody (red).

[0031]FIG. 4B shows that approximately 8.93% of Ad.E/Nestin:EGFP⁺ (green) cells are co-labeled with GFAP (blue) and 3.12% with TUJ-1 antibody (red).

[0032]FIG. 4C shows that approximately 61.6% of Ad.E/Nestin:EGFP⁺ (green) cells incorporated BrdU (blue).

[0033] FIGS. 4D-F are the corresponding phase contrast views for FIGS. 4A-C, respectively.

[0034] FIGS. 5A-D are graphs showing that AdP/Msi.hGFP⁺ and AdE/Nest.EGFP⁺ stem cells are enriched by FACS.

[0035] FIGS. 5A-B show sort profiles of cell size (FSC) vs. GFP fluorescence intensity (FL1) of AdCMV.LacZ infected, non-fluorescent control cells and AdP/Msi.hGFP infected cells, respectively. Approximately 3.95% of the sorted population achieved an arbitrary threshold of fluorescence intensity for AdP/Msi.hGFP⁺ cells.

[0036] FIGS. 5C-D show the sort profiles of AdCMV.lacZ infected, non-fluorescent control cells and AdE/Nestin.EGFP infected cells, respectively. Approximately 8.1% of the cells in this representative sample achieved the control-calibrated threshold of fluorescence intensity for AdE/Nestin.EGFP⁺.

[0037] FIGS. 6A-B show early post-sort characterization of AdP/Msi.hGFP⁺ and AdE/Nest.EGFP⁺ cells. Purified AdP/Msi.hGFP⁺ and AdE/Nest.EGFP⁺ cells each generated neurons and astrocytes when plated on fibronectin with medium containing 2% fetal bovine serum. FIG. 6A shows GFAP⁺ astrocytes (green) with TuJ1⁺ neurons (red) generated from AdP/Msi.hGFP⁺ cells, 5 days after FACS. By this time, AdP/Msi.hGFP⁺ sorted cells no longer express musashi-driven GFP. FIG. 5B shows the presence of GFAP⁺ (blue) and TuJ1+(red) cells generated from AdE/Nest.EGFP⁺ cells after 5 days post sort. In contrast to the relatively rapid transcriptional inactivation of musashi promoter-driven GFP, these AdE/Nest.EGFP⁺ sorted cells still expressed GFP, and continued to do so for almost 2 weeks in vitro.

[0038]FIG. 7 is a schematic showing a strategy for propagation and genetic tagging of human neural stem cells.

[0039] FIGS. 8A-H show AdE/Nest.EGFP and AdP/Musashi.hGFP-sorted cells tagged with retroviral EGFP generated clonally-derived secondary spheres, that in turn give rise to neurons and glia.

[0040] FIGS. 9A-D are schematics showing AdE/nestin:EGFP and AdP/musashi vectors.

[0041] In FIG. 9A, in the plasmid separation cassette, EGFP was placed 3′ to the heat shock protein-68 basal promoter, and this was placed under the regulatory control of the nestin second intronic enhancer.

[0042] In FIG. 9B, adenoviral E/nestin:EGFP was constructed to include E/nestin:hsp68:EGFP in a ΔE1 adenovirus.

[0043] In FIG. 9C, in the plasmid separation cassette P/musashi:hGFP, hGFP was placed 3′ under the regulatory control of the nestin second intronic enhancer. In FIG. 9D, adenoviral AdP/musashi:hGFP was constructed to include P/musashi:hGFP in a ΔE1 adenovirus.

[0044] FIGS. 10A-F show human AdE/Nest.EGFP⁺ and AdP/Musashi.hGFP⁺ cells engrafted into the fetal rat brain differentiate as neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes.

[0045] FIGS. 10A-C show human AdE/Nest.EGFP⁺ transplanted cells that are identified by the anti-human antibody (ANA) (green). The arrowheads indicated double-labeled cells.

[0046] In FIG. 10A, neurons are labeled with anti-Hu antibody (red), while the human AdE/Nest.EGFP-derived cells are labeled with ANA (green). Double-labeling (yellow) indicates AdE/Nest.EGFP-derived human neurons in the rat neocortical parenchyma.

[0047] In FIG. 10B, oligodendrocytes are labeled with CNPase (red), permitting the identification of AdE/Nest.EGFP-derived human oligodendrocytes (yellow).

[0048] In FIG. 10C, astrocytes are GFAP labeled (red).

[0049] In FIGS. 10D-F, human AdP/Msi.hGFP⁺ transplanted cells are identified by the anti-human antibody or BrdU (green). The arrowheads indicate double-labeled cells.

[0050] In FIG. 10D, neurons are labeled with anti-Hu antibody (red) and the human AdP/Msi.hGFP⁺ generated neurons are co-labeled with ANA (arrowheads).

[0051] In FIG. 10E, oligodendrocytes are labeled with CNPase (red).

[0052] In FIG. 10F, astrocytes are GFAP labeled (red).

[0053]FIG. 11 shows a nucleotide sequence of a human musashi promoter.

[0054]FIG. 12 shows a nucleotide sequence of a human nestin enhancer.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0055] A plasmid designated pMsi:hGFP has been deposited pursuant to, and in satisfaction of, the requirements of the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, with the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), 10801 University Boulevard, Manassas, Va. 20110-2209 under ATCC Accession No. ______ on Dec. 22, 2000.

[0056] A plasmid designated pE/nestin:EGFP has been deposited pursuant to, and in satisfaction of, the requirements of the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, with the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), 10801 University Boulevard, Manassas, Va. 20110-2209 under ATCC Accession No. ______ on Dec. 22, 2000.

[0057] As used herein, the term “isolated” when used in conjunction with a nucleic acid molecule refers to: 1) a nucleic acid molecule which has been separated from an organism in a substantially purified form (i.e. substantially free of other substances originating from that organism), or 2) a nucleic acid molecule having the same nucleotide sequence but not necessarily separated from the organism (i.e. synthesized or recombinantly produced nucleic acid molecules).

[0058] The subject invention provides a method of separating multipotential neural progenitor cells from a mixed population of cell types, based upon cell type-selective expression of cell specific promoters. This method includes selecting a promoter which functions selectively in the neural progenitor cells, introducing a nucleic acid molecule encoding a fluorescent protein under control of said promoter into all cell types of the mixed population of cell types, allowing only the neural progenitor cells, but not other cell types, within the mixed population to express said fluorescent protein, identifying cells of the mixed population of cell types that are fluorescent, which are restricted to the neural progenitor cells, and separating the fluorescent cells from the mixed population of cell types, wherein the separated cells are restricted to the neural progenitor cells.

[0059] The cells of particular interest according to the subject invention are multipotential neural progenitor cells. “Specific”, as used herein to describe a promoter, means that the promoter functions only in the chosen cell type. A chosen cell type can refer to different stages in the developmental cycle of a cell.

[0060] The mixed population of cell types may be derived from, for example, a ventricular zone, a hippocampus, a spinal cord, bone marrow, e.g., bone marrow stroma or mesenchyma, or embryonic stem cells. The mixed population of cell types may be in tissue, e.g., brain tissue or spinal cord tissue, or in cell culture

[0061] Illustrative promoters for multipotential neural progenitor cells include a musashi promoter and a nestin enhancer.

[0062] In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a human musashi promoter has a nucleotide sequence as shown in FIG. 11.

[0063] In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, a human nestin enhancer has a nucleotide sequence as shown in FIG. 12.

[0064] Having determined the cell of interest and selected a promoter specific for the cell of interest, a nucleic acid molecule encoding a fluorescent protein, preferably a green fluorescent protein, under the control of the promoter is introduced into a plurality of cells to be sorted.

[0065] The isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a green fluorescent protein can be deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or ribonucleic acid (RNA, including messenger RNA or mRNA), genomic or recombinant, biologically isolated or synthetic. The DNA molecule can be a cDNA molecule, which is a DNA copy of a messenger RNA (mRNA) encoding the GFP. In one embodiment, the GFP can be from Aequorea victoria (U.S. Pat. No. 5,491,084). A plasmid encoding the GFP of Aequorea victoria is available from the ATCC as Accession No. 75547. A mutated form of this GFP (a red-shifted mutant form) designated pRSGFP-C 1 is commercially available from Clontech Laboratories, Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

[0066] Mutated forms of GFP that emit more strongly than the native protein, as well as forms of GFP amenable to stable translation in higher vertebrates, are now available and can be used for the same purpose. The plasmid designated pTα1-GFPh (ATCC Accession No. 98299) includes a humanized form of GFP. Indeed, any nucleic acid molecule encoding a fluorescent form of GFP can be used in accordance with the subject invention. Furthermore, any nucleic acid molecule encoding an enzyme that can catalyze the conversion of a fluorgenic substrate to a fluorophone can be used in accordance with the subject invention. An example is the use of a cell-specific promoter to drive lacZ expression, with the detection and sorting of lacZ-expressing cells being by means of incubation with the fluorgenic substrates FDG (fluorescein-β-D-galactopyranoside) or CMFDG (chloromethyl-FDG).

[0067] Standard techniques are then used to place the nucleic acid molecule encoding GFP under the control of the chosen cell specific promoter. Generally, this involves the use of restriction enzymes and ligation (see below).

[0068] The resulting construct, which comprises the nucleic acid molecule encoding the GFP under the control of the selected promoter (itself a nucleic acid molecule) (with other suitable regulatory elements if desired), is then introduced into a plurality of cells which are to be sorted. Techniques for introducing the nucleic acid molecules of the construct into the plurality of cells may involve the use of expression vectors which comprise the nucleic acid molecules. These expression vectors (such as plasmids and viruses) can then be used to introduce the nucleic acid molecules into the plurality of cells.

[0069] Various methods are known in the art for introducing nucleic acid molecules into host cells. These include: 1) microinjection, in which DNA is injected directly into the nucleus of cells through fine glass needles; 2) dextran incubation, in which DNA is incubated with an inert carbohydrate polymer (dextran) to which a positively charged chemical group (DEAE, for diethylaminoethyl) has been coupled. The DNA sticks to the DEAE-dextran via its negatively charged phosphate groups. These large DNA-containing particles stick in turn to the surfaces of cells, which are thought to take them in by a process known as endocytosis. Some of the DNA evades destruction in the cytoplasm of the cell and escapes to the nucleus, where it can be transcribed into RNA like any other gene in the cell; 3) calcium phosphate coprecipitation, in which cells efficiently take in DNA in the form of a precipitate with calcium phosphate; 4) electroporation, in which cells are placed in a solution containing DNA and subjected to a brief electrical pulse that causes holes to open transiently in their membranes. DNA enters through the holes directly into the cytoplasm, bypassing the endocytotic vesicles through which they pass in the DEAE-dextran and calcium phosphate procedures (passage through these vesicles may sometimes destroy or damage DNA); 5) liposomal mediated transformation, in which DNA is incorporated into artificial lipid vesicles, liposomes, which fuse with the cell membrane, delivering their contents directly into the cytoplasm; 6) biolistic transformation, in which DNA is absorbed to the surface of gold particles and fired into cells under high pressure using a ballistic device; and 7) viral-mediated transformation, in which nucleic acid molecules are introduced into cells using viral vectors. Since viral growth depends on the ability to get the viral genome into cells, viruses have devised efficient methods for doing so. These viruses include retroviruses and lentivirus, adenovirus, herpesvirus, and adeno-associated virus.

[0070] As indicated, some of these methods of transforming a cell require the use of an intermediate plasmid vector. U.S. Pat. No. 4,237,224 to Cohen and Boyer describes the production of expression systems in the form of recombinant plasmids using restriction enzyme cleavage and ligation with DNA ligase. These recombinant plasmids are then introduced by means of transformation and replicated in unicellular cultures including procaryotic organisms and eucaryotic cells grown in tissue culture. The DNA sequences are cloned into the plasmid vector using standard cloning procedures known in the art, as described by Sambrook et al. (1989).

[0071] In accordance with one of the above-described methods, the nucleic acid molecule encoding the GFP is thus introduced into a plurality of cells. The promoter which controls expression of the GFP, however, only functions in the cell type of interest (i.e., multipotential neural progenitor cells). Therefore, the GFP is only expressed in the cell type of interest. Since GFP is a fluorescent protein, the cells of interest can therefore be identified from among the plurality of cells by the fluorescence of the GFP.

[0072] Any suitable means of detecting the fluorescent cells can be used. The cells may be identified using epifluorescence optics, and can be physically picked up and brought together by Laser Tweezers (Cell Robotics Inc., Albuquerque, New Mex.). They can be separated in bulk through fluorescence activated cell sorting, a method that effectively separates the fluorescent cells from the non-fluorescent cells (e.g., Wang et al., 1998).

[0073] The method of the subject invention thus provides for the isolation and enrichment of multipotential neural progenitor cells from embryonic and adult brain of both fetal and adult, rodent and human derivation. Specifically, fluorescence-activated cell sorting of adult human ventricular zone, adult hippocampus, and fetal human ventricular epithelium cells transfected with green fluorescent protein driven by the musashi promoter or the nestin enhancer is provided. In particular, tissue samples from fetuses of 14-23 weeks gestational age were obtained. Histological sections across several gestational ages were immunostained for musashi and nestin protein. Dissociates of ventricular zone were transduced with either a ΔE1 adenovirus bearing hGFP under the control of the musashi promoter (AdP/Musashi), or with an adenovirus encoding EGFP placed 3′ to the heat shock protein-68 basal promoter under the regulatory control of the nestin second intronic enhancer (AdE/Nestin). Adenoviral vectors were used instead of plasmids for both P/Musashi.hGFP and E/Nestin.EGFP in order to increase transfection efficiency. The phenotypic specificity of each selection construct, E/Nestin.EGFP and P/Musashi.hGFP, was verified in the adenoviruses as well as in the plasmids. Following GFP expression, the GFP⁺ cells were extracted by FACS. The resulting native prospectively-identified and directly-harvested, non-transformed multipotential neural progenitor cells are self-renewing, generate neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes, both in vitro and upon transplantation to recipient brains. Unlike other putative neural stem lines, these have been extracted directly from the human fetal ventricular epithelium, without the need for either initial epidermal growth factor-expansion or oncogenic immortalization; each of which can perturb the phenotypic stability and functional competence of neuronal and glial progeny so derived.

[0074] The cells separated by the method of the present invention may be used in both basic analyses of precursor and stem cell growth control, as well as in directly applied studies of their transplantability and engraftment characteristics. The cells similarly can be used in support of the structural repair of the damaged central nervous system, such as in the traumatized brain, or the contoured, traumatized, or transected spinal cord.

EXAMPLES Example 1

[0075] Materials and Methods

[0076] Human Fetal Culture

[0077] Human fetal brain was taken at second trimester therapeutic abortion, typically performed for either placenta previa, premature rupture, sonographically-demonstrated isolated splanchnic or cardiac developmental abnormalities, or karyotypically-identified trisomies 18 or 21. These brains were collected into Ca/Mg-free Hanks' Balanced Salt Solution (HBSS), then dissected to separate first the telencephalon from the brainstem, and then the telencephalic ventricular epithelium from non-ventricular parenchyma. The telencephalic ventricular zone was then cut into small pieces in PIPES solution (120 mM NaCl, 5 mM KCl, 25 mM glucose, 20 mM PIPES), then digested with papain (11.4 units/ml papain, Worthington Biochemical Corporation) and DNase I (10 units/ml, Sigma, St. Louis, Mich.) in PIPES solution, with gentle shaking for 1 hour at 37° C. in 5% CO₂. Following incubation, the tissue was collected by centrifuging at 200 g for 5 minutes in an IEC Centra-4B centrifuge, resuspended in DMEM/F12/N2 with DNase I (10 units/ml) and incubated for 15 minutes at 37° C/5%CO₂. The samples were spun and the pellets resuspended in 2 ml of DMEM/F12/N2, then dissociated by sequentially triturating for 20, 10, and 5 times, through three serially-narrowed glass Pasteur pipettes. The dissociated cells were purified by passing through a 40 μm Cell Strainer (Becton Dickinson), rinsed with DMEM/F12/N2 containing 20% fetal bovine serum FBS, Cocalico), and resuspended at 4×10⁶ cells/ml in DMEM/F12/N2 containing 5% FBS. The cells were plated at 0.5 ml/dish into 35 mm Falcon Primaria plates, precoated with murine laminin (2 μg/cm², Gibco) and incubated at 37° C. in 5% CO₂. After 1 day, an additional 0.5 ml of DMEM/F12/N2 with 2% platelet-depleted FBS (PD-FBS) was added to each plate. For some cultures, 30 μM bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU; Luskin et al., 1997) was added to the medium in order to label dividing cells.

[0078] Construction of E/nestin:EGFP and AdE/nestin:EGFP

[0079] To identify neural progenitor cells, a green fluorescent protein expression vector was constructed, with EGFP placed under the control of the nestin enhancer (Zimmerman et al., 1994; GeneBank Accession No. AF004334). The latter, a 637 bp-region between bases 1162 and 1798 of rat nestin gene, is evolutionarily conserved between human and rat, and is sufficient to target gene expression to CNS neuroepithelial progenitor cells (Lothian, 1997). The nestin enhancer was placed upstream of the minimum promoter of heat shock protein 68 (hsp68) (Rossant, 1991), yielding E/nestin:hsp68 (Lothian, 1997). This was in turn fused to EGFP polyA (Clontech, Palo Alto, Calif.), yielding E/nestin:EGFP, as previously described (Roy et al., 2000a). The neuroepithelial cell-specific expression of this transgene was confirmed by transgenic mouse studies.

[0080] Construction of P/musashi:hGFP and AdP/musashi:GFP

[0081] An adenoviral vector bearing the mouse musashi promoter to drive hGFP was constructed. The shuttle vector pAdCMV-H( )SgD (Courtesy of Dr.Neil Hackett/Gene Therapy Core Facility of Weill Medical College) was digested with Not I blunt and XhoI to remove the existing immediate-early cytomegalovirus (CMVie) promoter. The expression cassette CMVie-SD/SA-hGFP-polyA was then removed from pCMV-hGFP using BstXI/blunt and SalI. The resulting expression cassette was ligated to the shuttle vector. This was referred to as pAdCMV-hGFP, in which CMVie was flanked by XbaI. pAdCMV-hGFP was digested with XbaI, dephosphorylated, and ligated to the 4.5 Kb XbaI-XbaI fragment corresponding to the mouse musashi promoter. The orientation of the promoter was determined by SacII, which cuts both once at the 3′ end of the promoter and within hGFP. Established methods were then used to construct a replication-defective recombinant adenovirus, via homologous recombination using the plasmid pJM17, which contains the E1A-deleted type 5 adenovirus. pAdMsi-hGFP was co-transfected with pJM17 into HEK293 cells, and viral plaques developed for 2 weeks. The virus was purified using double centrifugation in CsCl. The titer of the purified virus was between 10¹¹-10¹² pfu/ml.

[0082] Transfection

[0083] Two E/nestin-bearing plasmids, that included pE/nestin:EGFP and pE/nestin:lacZ, were used. A cationic liposome, Effectene (Qiagen, Germany), was used to transfect these plasmids into cultured adult VZ/SVZ cells, as follows. After the first day in vitro, 1 ml of DMEM/F12/N2 with 5% FBS was added to each culture. A total of 0.4 μg of plasmid DNA was diluted with 100 μl of Effectene DNA-condensation buffer, and mixed with 3.2 μl of Enhancer, following the manufacturer's instructions. The liposome:DNA complex was then incubated at room temperature for 5 minutes. 10 μl of Effectene was then added to the DNA/Enhancer solution, and the mixture incubated at 25° C. for 10 minutes. 0.6 ml of DMEM/F12/N2 with 5% FBS was added to this solution, which was then mixed and applied to the culture. After a 6 hour transfection, the cells were collected and spun. The resultant pellet was resuspended into DMEM/F12/N2 with 5% FBS, and plated onto a laminin-coated 35 mm Primaria plate. GFP was typically expressed by appropriate target cells within 2 days of transfection.

[0084] Flow Cytometry and Sorting

[0085] Flow cytometry and sorting of hGFP⁺ cells was performed on a FACS Vantage (Becton-Dickinson). Cells were washed twice with Ca⁺⁺, Mg⁺⁺-free HBSS, then dissociated by 0.05% trypsin-EDTA for 5 minutes at 37° C. The dissociation reaction was terminated by DMEM/F12/N2 containing 10% FBS. The cells (2×10⁶/ml) were analyzed by light forward and right-angle (side) scatter, and for GFP fluorescence through a 510±20 nm bandpass filter, as they traversed the beam of a Coherent INNOVA Enterprise II Ion Laser (488 nm, 100 mW). Sorting was done using a purification-mode algorithm. The E/nestin:lacZ transfected cells were used as a control to set the background fluorescence; a false positive rate of 0.1-0.3% was accepted so as to ensure an adequate yield. For those samples transfected with E/nestin:EGFP, cells detected as being more fluorescent than background were sorted at 1000-3000 cells/second. Sorted GFP⁺ cells were plated on laminin-coated 24-well plates, in DMEM/F12/N2 with 5% FBS and BrdU. At 2 and 7 days post-FACS, the sorted cultures were fixed and immunostained for BrdU together with either TuJ1/βIII tubulin, Hu, MAP2, O4, or GFA.

[0086] Transuterine Fetal Xenograft

[0087] Transuterine injection for chimeric brain construction has been previously described (Brustle et al., 1998). Six pregnant females were anesthetized with ketamine and xylazine, and the peritoneum incised and the amnion exposed and displayed. The individual rat fetuses were trans-illuminated by a cool fiber-optic, and the cerebral ventricles outlined visually. A 30 g needle was then inserted through the amnion and calvarium directly into the ventricle, and 5×10⁴ cells/μl were injected, as a 1 μl injection. After all embryos were injected, their amniotic sacs were replaced, and the peritoneum and skin closed as 2 layers with 2-0 and 3-0 silk, respectively. The females awoke to ad-lib food and water, and were allowed to deliver their litters normally, 4-5 days later. The pups were fed ad-lib by their mothers, and were sacrificed by pentobarbital overdose on either day 17 or day 35 after birth. They were perfusion-fixed by cold PBS followed by 4% paraformaldehyde, and their brains subsequently cut on a Hacker cryostat, as serial 12 μm sections in the coronal plane.

[0088] Immunostaining and Imaging

[0089] In vitro

[0090] After 2, 7, or 14 DIV, the cultures were fixed for immunocytochemistry. They were first rinsed with HBSS, then fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde for 5 minutes at room temperature. The plates were stained for either βIII tubulin (MAb TuJ1, 1:500; courtesy of Dr. A. Frankfurter), Hu protein (Mab 16A11, 50 μg/ml; Dr. H. Furneaux), or nestin (MAb Rat-401, 1:500; Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank); all are markers of neural (nestin) or neuronal (βIII tubulin and Hu protein) antigenic expression (Frederiksen, 1988; Menezes, 1994; Barami, 1995). Additional plates were stained for glial markers, with either anti-oligodendrocytic O4 IgM (1:100; Boehringer Mannheim) for oligodendrocytes, or anti-astrocytic glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP, clone GA-5, 1:100; Sigma, St. Louis, Mich.), using previously established protocols (Kirschenbaum, 1994). Additional plates were fixed after 14 DIV and stained for MAP-2 protein to detect more mature neurons (1:500, rabbit anti-MAP2; Dr. S. Halpain). Immunocytochemistry for BrdU was then performed as described (Wang, 1998).

[0091] In vivo

[0092] Rat pups that had been injected with cells on either day E17 or P1 were sacrificed, perfusion fixed, and their brains removed on either the 14^(th) or 21^(st) day after birth. Fixation was accomplished using 4% paraformaldehyde in 0.1M phosphate buffer (PB; pH 7.4), with a 90 minute post-fix followed by immersion and sinking in 30% sucrose in PB. All brains were cut as 15 μm coronal sections. Some were then denatured in 2N HCl for an hour, and stained for BrdU, using rat anti-BrdU antibody at 1:200 (Harlan), followed serially by fluorescein-conjugated anti-rat IgG at 1:150 (Jackson Labs). Other sections were stained with an anti-human nucleoprotein antibody (Chemicon; 1:100; Vescovi et al., 1999). Other sections were instead subjected to in situ hybridization for human Alu DNA, using a digoxigenin-labeled Alu probe, which was then detected using biotinylated anti-digoxigenin IgG and fluorescein-conjugated avidin, as described.

[0093] The sections were then washed and stained for either neuronal or glial markers. Neuronal markers included βIII-tubulin, detected by monoclonal antibody TuJ1 (Menezes and Luskin, 1994; Roy et al., 2000) (a gift of Dr. A. Frankfurter); NeuN (Eriksson et al., 1998) (Chemicon); or Hu (Marusich et al., 1994; Barami et al., 1995), each as described. Glia were localized using antibodies directed against either oligodendrocytic CNP protein (Roy et al., 1999), or astrocytic GFAP. All anti-mouse secondary antibodies were pre-absorbed against rat IgG to avoid nonspecific staining.

[0094] Confocal Imaging

[0095] In sections double-stained for either BrdU or anti-human nucleoprotein together with either βIII-tubulin, NeuN, GFAP, or CNP, single BrdU⁺ cells that appeared to be co-labeled for both human- and cell-specific markers were further evaluated by confocal imaging. Using a Zeiss LSM510 confocal microscope, images were acquired in both red and green emission channels using an argon-krypton laser. The images were then viewed as stacked z-dimension images, both as series of single 0.9 μm optical sections, and as merged images thereof. The z-dimension reconstructions were all observed in profile, as every BrdU⁺ or ANA⁺ human cell double-labeled with a neuronal or glial marker was then observed orthogonally in both the vertical and horizontal planes. To be deemed double-labeled, cells were required to have central BrdU or ANA immunoreactivity surrounded by neuronal or glial immunoreactivity at all observation angles, in every optical section, and in each merged composite.

[0096] Retroviral Preparation and EGFP Tagging

[0097] The NIT retrovirus (courtesy of T. Palmer and F. Gage) was prepared as previously described (Sakurada et al., 1999). Briefly, HEK 293gag/pol cells were stably transduced to express NIT.EGFP retrovirus, a derivative of the LINX retrovirus (Hoshimaru et al., 1996). These cells were then transfected with pMD.G, encoding vesicular stomatitis virus coat protein (VSV-G), so as to allow high-efficiency amphotropic infection of human cells. Viral supernatants were harvested 2 days later and aliquots stored at 80° C. until the time of use. Sorted cells subjected to retroviral infection were exposed to viral supernatant for a total of 12 hours in the presence of polybrene (8 μg/ml), beginning the morning after FACS. Three increments of 250 μl of viral supernatant were successively added 4 hours apart to an initial sample of 10,000 sorted cells in 250 μl medium. After a total of 12 hours in viral supernatant, the cells in each well were washed in fresh media and respun and redistributed to fresh 24-well plates at 10,000 cells/300 μl/well. This protocol of repetitive viral exposure was used to maximize the yield of virally-transduced neural progenitors available to clonal analysis.

[0098] Propagation and Genetic Tagging of Human Neural Stem Cells

[0099] AdE/nestin:EGFP⁺ and AdP/msi:hGFP⁺ cells were each extracted as noted by FACS. At that point, the GFP⁺ cells were distributed into 24-well plates at 10,000/well, and raised in serum-free media supplemented with 20 ng/ml FGF2. The following day, the cells were infected with the NIT.EGFP retrovirus (see above), by which means the sorted cells were stably transduced to express EGFP. After 4 weeks, adenoviral-associated GFP expression fell to undetectable levels, in that sorted cultures not exposed to retroviral NIT.EGFP lost all nestin and musashi-driven GFP expression. Some sorted cultures were then re-sorted on the basis of GFP expression, resulting in the specific extraction of retroviral GFP-tagged neural stem cells. Other plates were supplemented with neomycin, which selected for the retrovirally-transduced lines by virtue of a selectable neo resistance gene in the retroviral construct. Each strategy yielded uniform cultures of GFP⁺ cells at 6 weeks in vitro. Spheres were noted in these cultures, often as early as 2 weeks in vitro, and at 6 weeks these sphere were transferred to new wells within 24-well plates, at 2-3 spheres/well. These spheres were in turn raised for another 2 weeks, then dissociated by mild trypsinization and passaged into new wells. These cells were maintained for another 2 weeks, by which point secondary spheres were observed to arise from many of the single cells derived from the initially-dissociated primary sphere. This procedure of mitotic sphere expansion in FGF2-containing suspension culture, followed by gentle dissociation of the spheres, passage of the dissociated cells, and replating with sphere regeneration and re-expansion, was repeated at monthly intervals thereafter. Aliquots of neural stem cells are removed at roughly biweeekly intervals, both for experimental transplantation, and for phenotypic analyses of their differentiated progeny. Stable GFP-tagged AdE/nestin and AdP/musashi-defined neural stem cells have been thereby continuously propagated for over 8 months; separate lines have been established from both forebrain and spinal cord, and from each at several different gestational ages spanning the second trimester.

Example 2

[0100] Musashi and Nestin Protein Expression Characterize Distinct but Overlapping Domains Within the Fetal Human Ventricular Zone

[0101] Immunostaining for nestin and musashi proteins at several stages in mid-gestation revealed that these early neural proteins occupied distinct but overlapping domains within the fetal human telencephalic wall. At gestational ages spanning from 12-21 weeks of second trimester development, musashi protein was expressed ubiquitously within the densely packed ventricular neuroepithelium, with diminished expression within the nascent subventricular zone, and virtually none within the intermediate zone and cortical parenchyma (FIG. 2A-E). Nestin expression was similarly noted within the ventricular zone, and many double-labeled cells were noted therein. However, the density of nestin⁺ cells within the VZ was notably lower than that of musashi⁺ cells, and many musashi⁺ VZ cells did not express detectable nestin. In contrast, within the subventricular zone, many nestin⁺ cells were noted to not express musashi. Within the intermediate zone, a dense array of nestin⁺ radial guide cells was noted, which did not express musashi, but upon which both musashi and nestin⁺ migrants were frequently noted.

[0102] Using high-magnification confocal microscopy of double-immunostained 14 week rostrolateral telencephalic ventricular zone, it was noted that 72% of VZ cells expressing musashi protein co-expressed nestin protein. In contrast, at 21 weeks, 93% of the musashi expressing cells co-expressed nestin. Thus, the incidence of musashi⁺/nestin-cells within the rostrolateral telencephalic VZ decreased from 27% to 5% between the 14th and 21 st weeks of gestational development. IR cells.

[0103] Thus, a substantial degree of overlap was observed among musashi and nestin-immunoreactive cells, in that a large proportion of VZ cells expressed both proteins. Interestingly though, the observations also indicate the existence of a musashi⁺/nestin- phenotype within the ventricular neuroepithelium. By virtue of its relative prevalence at the adluminal surface of the ventricular neuroepithelium, this musashi⁺/nestin-phenotype may constitute an ontogenetically earlier cell population than that defined by nestin (FIG. 2A-E).

Example 3

[0104] The Nestin Enhancer Targeted GFP Expression to Neural Progenitor Cells In Vitro

[0105] In order to label live neural progenitor cells in which nestin and musashi regulatory elements were transcriptionally active, cells derived from fetal VZ samples spanning 14-23 weeks of gestational age were infected with adenoviruses bearing EGFP under the regulatory control of either the nestin enhancer (E/nestin:EGFP) or musashi promoter (P/musashi:hGFP) (FIG. 9A-D). To this end, papain dissociates of the dissected ventricular walls were obtained from 25 fetuses; these included 9 of 14-19 weeks gestational age, and 16 of 20-23 weeks gestation. These dissociates were then prepared as suspension cultures in DMEM/F12/N2, supplemented with 20 ng/ml FGF2; some were also supplemented with 2% PD-FBS.

[0106] To both improve the efficiency with which the E/nestin:EGFP selection cassette could be introduced into these ventricular zone cells, and to increase the transgene copy number in transfectants, an adenovirus bearing E/nestin:EGFP was constructed. Using this AdE/nestin:EGFP virus, human fetal VZ suspension cultures were infected on their first day in vitro, over a range of 1-25 moi. Within 4 days of infection, nestin-driven GFP expression was noted in a relatively primitive population of flat cells. Among these E/nestin:EGFP⁺ cells, 98.9±1.2% expressed nestin protein. 61.6±7.6% incorporated BrdU, indicating their mitogenesis in vitro. Yet only 3.1±0.6% expressed βIII-tubulin-immunoreactivity, and 8.9±1.6% expressed astrocytic GFAP (FIG. 3A-F). Thus, the nestin enhancer directed GFP expression to a relatively undifferentiated population of mitotically-active cells in mixed dissociates of the fetal human VZ.

Example 4

[0107] The Musashi Promoter Targets GFP Expression to an Overlapping Population of Neural Progenitor Cells Given musashi's robust and relatively selective expression by uncommitted progenitor cells in both the rodent (Sakakibara et al., 1997) and human VZ (Pincus et al., 1998), it was reasoned that a GFP transgene placed under musashi promoter control might, like nestin enhancer-driven GFP, specifically recognize neural progenitor cells. To that end, the 4.6 kb promoter for human musashi promoter was coupled to hGFP, thereby establishing the P/musashi:hGFP selection cassette. A type 5 AEI adenovirus was then constructed bearing P/musashi:hGFP selection cassette, which was designated AdP/msi:hGFP. Using this vector, it was found that the transduction efficiency in cultures of human VZ cells rose substantially, relative to cultures transfected with P/musashi:GFP plasmid DNA (data not shown), with no evident effect on cell viability in the 10-25 pfu/cell range at which this virus was used. No βIII-tubulin⁺ neurons were noted among the AdP/musashi:GFP-sorted cells, whereas 96.1±2.0% expressed nestin protein (FIG. 4A-F). 93.3±3.4% of AdP/musashi:GFP+ cells incorporated BrdU, indicating their persistent division in vitro.

[0108] Thus, both the AdE/nestin:EGFP and AdP/musashi:hGFP viruses retained the phenotypic expression patterns of their incorporated promoter-driven GFPs; both were expressed by uncommitted progenitor cells, but not by more differentiated neurons. Together, these data suggest that adenoviruses bearing GFP under the regulatory control of the nestin enhancer and musashi promoter may be used to specifically and selectively identify neural progenitor cells, before neuronal commitment.

Example 5

[0109] FACS Based on Nestin and Musashi-Driven GFP Permits the Isolation and Selection of Human Neural Progenitor Cells

[0110] After infection of the fetal VZ/SVZ with AdE/nestin:EGFP and AdP/musashi:hGFP, the neural precursors and their daughters were isolated and extracted by FACS (FIG. 1). By high-stringency FACS criteria, intended for cell-type purification, (Wang, 1998), it was found that 10.6±2.6% of cells (mean±SE; n=3 sorts) prepared from 17-19 week gestational age ventricular zone expressed nestin-driven GFP. A small but statistically significant fall to 7.4±1.5% (n=11 sorts) was noted in the proportion of AdE/nestin:EGFP⁺ cells in dissociates derived from 20-23 week VZ (p <0.05 by 1-way ANOVA with post hoc Boneferroni t-test). Using the same sort acceptance criteria, only 0.05% of cells infected with non-fluorescent AdCMV:lacZ. were similarly recognized.

[0111] The frequency of AdP/musashi:hGFP-defined VZ cells was consistently lower than that of E/nestin-defined cells, at both 17-19 weeks (2.4±0.6%; n=6 sorts) and 20-23 weeks. (3.2±0.4%; n=11). Using forward and side-scatter endpoints, the AdE/nestin- and AdP/musashi-defined progenitors appeared to constitute largely overlapping pools (FIG. 5A-D).

[0112] Virtually all of the E/nestin:EGFP-sorted cells expressed nestin protein immediately after FACS; 83.7±7.7% (n=3 sorts) did so after 1 week in serum-free media. Cells expressing the early neuronal proteins Hu and TuJ1/βIII-tubulin were rarely detected in these cultures, even at a week after E/nestin:EGFP-based FACS. Interestingly though, only 36.3±8.2% (n=3) expressed nestin protein in 2% PD-FBS, suggesting the rapid differentiation of E/nestin:EGFP⁺ cells upon exposure to serum-associated maturation factors. Accordingly, a majority of the sorted progenitors raised in PD-FBS matured as βIII-tubulin⁺ neurons and GFAP⁺ glia within the week after FACS (FIG. 6A-B).

Example 6

[0113] E/nestin:EGFP- and P/musashi-Identified Cells Were Both Mitotically Competent and Multipotential

[0114] To establish the in vitro lineage potential of these cells, both population-based and single cell clonogenic strategies were employed, both independently and in parallel with concurrent retroviral lineage analysis. First, low density cultures of purified E/nestin:EGFP and P/musashi:hGFP-sorted cells were prepared to allow the emergence of neurospheres. This was followed by the dissociation of these spheres and the limiting dilution propagation of their progeny as secondary spheres, whose clonally-related constituents were then phenotyped after plating and immunolabeling. In addition, retroviral tagging of single E/nestin- and P/musashi-sorted cells in primary spheres, followed by the re-dissociation and dispersion of these tagged cells with clonal expansion as secondary spheres, allowed the antigenic phenotypes of clonally-related daughters to be established. This approach revealed that individual secondary and tertiary spheres, each clonally-derived from single, E/nestin- and P/musashi-sorted cells tagged with retroviral GFP, indeed gave rise to both neuronal and glial daughters (FIGS. 7 and 8A-H). Thus, both E/nestin:EGFP and P/musashi:hGFP-sorted cells continued to divide in vitro, and each phenotype gave rise individually to both neurons and glia.

Example 7

[0115] Both E/nestin:GFP and P/musashi:GFP-Sorted Progenitors Generated Neurospheres

[0116] Limiting dilution analysis of both AdP/Msi:hGFP and E/nestin:EGFP-sorted cells was also performed, with propagation of sorted GFP⁺ cells in suspension culture. These sorted cells were initially raised in a serum-free base medium of DMEM/F12/N2 with 10 ng/ml FGF2, according to established protocols for neurosphere suspension culture (Gritti, 1996, Vescovi, 1999). This was followed two weeks later by preparation of secondary spheres, raised under conditions appropriate for clonal expansion. Single aggregates were removed to single wells in a 24-well plate, then gently dissociated, and their E/nestin:EGFP⁺ progeny were then plated at low density (1000 cells/ml) into 24 well plates, at 300 μl/well. In addition, some cells were distributed at 10/ml into 35 mm plates containing base media supplemented with 1.4% methylcellulose. This more viscous preparation, in tandem with the very low plating density, permitted the clonal expansion of single cells while diminishing the possibility of aggregation among potentially non-clonally-derived neighbors. In each case, initial dispersion of single cells within the media was verified by high-power phase microscopy of each plate, and undissociated aggregates were removed by micropipette. The positions of expanding clusters were marked, and these were followed daily thereafter, to ensure the autologous expansion and co-derivation of single clusters.

[0117] In forebrain ventricular zone samples derived from 4 fetuses of 20-22 weeks gestation, an average of 13.4±1.0 spheres/well for AdP/msi:hGFP-sorted cells was observed, and 11.5±1.2 spheres/well for AdE/nestin:EGFP-sorted cells (FIG. 8A-H). The relative proportion of sphere-generating cells within each well was dependent upon both gestational age and plating density, in that both earlier ages and higher plating densities yielded disproportionately higher proportions of sphere-generating clones (data not shown). Thus, this approach may not be used as a basis for estimating the incidence of stem cells in either the E/nestin or P/musashi-sorted cell populations. Indeed, initial cell depositions at 1,000 sorted cells/well were maintained in order to titrate to roughly 10 clones/well, both for ease of handling and to ensure the clonal derivation of cells obtained from subsequent single-sphere dissociations. Given the predominance of nestin and musashi-expressing cells in the early ventricular neuroepithelium, their frequent multipotentiality and their high mitotic indices, the relative scarcity of sphere-generating cells within the P/musashi- and E/nestin-sorted pools argue that clonogenic stem cells may represent only a minority of the cycling, multipotential neural progenitor cells within the sorted samples.

Example 8

[0118] Retroviral Lineage Analysis Confirmed the Multipotentiality of Both E/nestin:GFP and P/musashi:GFP-Sorted Progenitor Cells

[0119] Retroviral lineage analysis confirmed that individual E/nestin- and P/musashi-sorted cells each gave rise to both neuronal and glial lineages. Both populations of sorted cells were infected immediately after FACS with a VSV-pseudotyped amphotropic vector encoding EGFP under the control of the constitutive RSV promoter. Over the weeks after FACS, E/nestin- and P/musashi-sorted cells typically lost GFP expression, as their progeny diversified and both nestin and musashi transcription diminished, and as the episomal transgenes were down-regulated or abandoned. In contrast, the retrovirally-tagged cells and their progeny maintained high level GFP expression; within a week after E/nestin:EGFP-based sorting, the retrovirally-tagged cells could be readily distinguished from the untagged remainder. By infecting E/nestin:GFP-sorted cells at a relatively low density of 10-20 infectants/well, it was possible to follow the clonal progeny of single cells over the weeks after FACS.

[0120] After expansion of the retrovirally-tagged clonal progeny, individual spheres were dissociated and their constituents removed to a laminin substrate, to which base media supplemented with 10% PD-FBS and 20 ng/ml BDNF was added. Under these differentiation-promoting conditions, the cells were allowed to adhere and mature for an additional 1-2 weeks. They were then fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde, and immunostained either for neuronal (TuJ1), astrocytic (GFAP), or oligodendrocytic (O4) antigens. Using this strategy, it was found that individual E/nestin- and P/musashi-sorted cells were each competent to give rise to both neurons and glia.

Example 9

[0121] Both E/nestin:GFP and P/musashi:GFP-Sorted Progenitors Could Generate All Neural Phenotypes Upon Xenograft to Fetal and Perinatal Rat Brain

[0122] To assess the responsiveness of E/nestin:EGFP-defined cells to differentiation cues in a parenchymal environment, fetal VZ cells were xenografted into E17 rat forebrain ventricles, using an adaptation of a previously reported technique (Brustle et al., 1998). Briefly, E17 pregnant female rats were anesthetized and laparotomized, and the uterus trans-illuminated to allow direct visualization through the placental sac of each fetuses' forebrain and ventricular lumen. An average of 1×10⁵ E/nestin:EGFP-FACSed fetal human VZ cells were injected into the lateral ventricular lumen of each embryo, and the mother sutured and allowed to deliver 4-5 days later. Three weeks later, the pups were sacrificed, and their brains fixed and cut as 12 μm cryostat sections, that were then immunolabeled for anti-human nuclear antigen to identify the grafted human fetal cells, together with neuronal βIII-tubulin and either oligodendrocytic cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (CNP), or astrocytic GFAP.

[0123] It was found that human-derived cells were abundant in the grafted pups, and readily identified as such. Indeed, when xenografted to the fetal rat forebrain, most of the human E/nestin:EGFP⁺ cells integrated as neurons, resulting in the formation of chimeric human-rat neocortices. Upon xenograft at E17—a period characterized by predominantly cortical neurogenesis by the ventricular neuroepithelium—most human cells were noted to have migrated to the cortical laminae, and to have differentiated as neurons rather than glia (FIG. 10A-F).

[0124] In contrast, when xenografted as intraventricular injections to P1 neonatal hosts, most human cells were noted to enter only the subcortex, wherein most differentiated as glia. Within the subcortical white matter, when assessed at 28 days of age, both human oligodendrocytes and astrocytes, as defined by GFAP, were noted to be abundantly represented (FIG. 10A-F), whereas human neurons were rarely noted, and then only in the rostral telencephalon, migratory stream, and olfactory bulb.

Example 10

[0125] Prospective Identification and Phenotype-Specific Purification of Multipotential Neural Progenitor Cells from the Fetal Human Forebrain

[0126] Human neural progenitor cells have previously been obtained and propagated from the first trimester telencephalic vesicles of aborted fetuses (Fricker, 1999). These cells may be both raised in neurosphere culture (Svendsen, 1997, Fricker, 1999, Vescovi, 1999), and immortalized (Flax 1998), permitting the in vitro expansion of neural precursor cell populations. Nonetheless, the relatively small number of cells in the small tissue samples of first trimester brain, coupled with the lack of specific selection of neural stem or progenitor cells, has limited the number of native progenitor cells that may be harvested through this approach. As a result, prolonged expansion under conditions of unremitting mitotic stimulation, often leading to karyotypic abnormalities and perturbed growth control, or frank immortalization with transforming oncogenes (Flax, 1998), have been required for expansion of these cells to numbers necessary for engraftment. As described above, a promoter-based GFP selection was used to achieve the specific selection, acquisition, and purification of multipotential progenitors in high-yield. These cells divide, apparently in a self-renewing fashion, and give rise to both neurons and glia under the culture conditions, fulfilling the basic criteria for neural stem cells. By combining promoter-based selection with a particularly abundant source of neural progenitor cells, that of the second trimester VZ, the need for extended expansion or immortalization was obviated.

[0127] Thus, the prospective identification and phenotype-specific purification of multipotential neural progenitor cells from the fetal human forebrain, using a promoter-driven GFP-based separation strategy is reported. By transfecting dissociates of the human VZ with plasmid vectors encoding hGFP, placed under the regulatory control of the nestin enhancer, a distinct progenitor cell type was selected. These cells were both mitotically competent and multipotential, though biased to neuronal development under the test conditions. By subjecting these cells to FACS, they were enriched in high yield and relative purity. Virtually all of the E/nestin:EGFP-sorted cells expressed either early neural or neuronal phenotypic markers at the time of their separation, and still incorporated BrdU in vitro. When xenografted to the fetal rat forebrain, most of the cells integrated as neurons in the resultant chimeric brains. In vitro, they retained multipotentiality under the culture conditions, with single cells generating neurons, astrocytes, and less frequently, oligodendrocytes. These cells could be propagated in serum-free media with FGF2, from which mitotic cells giving rise to neurons could be recovered after as long as 10 weeks in vitro. Thus, mitotic neural progenitor cells may be specifically identified, isolated, and enriched as such from the ventricular zone of the second trimester fetal human forebrain. These cells may be propagated as such after their virtual purification, and are competent to generate neurons in vivo as well as in vitro, as long as several months after the initial harvest of their parental founders.

[0128] Although preferred embodiments have been depicted and described in detail herein, it will be apparent to those skilled in the relevant art that various modifications, additions, substitutions and the like can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention and these are therefore considered to be within the cope of the invention as defined in the claims which follow.

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cacttcctta ttcccaccat gtctcccaag agtagttagg 12600 gtctggactc ttaaaacatc aagctgggtg ggaggcggtg gctcacaccc ttaatcccag 12660 cactttggga ggccgaggtg ggtggatcac ttaaggtcag gagttcggga ccaacctggc 12720 caacaaggca aaactccgtc tctactaaaa atacaaaaat tagctgggca tggtggcaca 12780 cgcctgtggt cccagctact tgggaggctg aggcaggaga attgcttgaa ccccggaggc 12840 ggaggttgca gtgagctgac atcatgccat tgcactctag tatgggcaac agagccagat 12900 tctgtctcaa acaaacaaaa aaacctcatc aagctggcca ggcacaatgg cttacacttg 12960 taatcccagc actttgagag gctgaggcag gaggatcact taagcccaaa agtttgaggc 13020 tgcagtgagc tatgatcaca ccactacact ctagccgggg tgacagagca agaccttgtc 13080 tctataaaaa ataacaaaat aaaacattag ctcttgcagg gcgcggtggc tcacgcctgt 13140 aatcccagca ctttgggagg ctgaggcagg cggatcacaa ggtcaggatt tggagaccag 13200 cattgccagc atggtgaaac cccgtctcta ctaaaattac aaaaaattag ccgggcatgg 13260 tggcacacct gtgatcccag ttactcagga ggctgaggca ggagaattgc ttgaacccag 13320 cagacagagg ttgcagtagg ccaagatcac gccattgcac tccagtctgg gtgacagagc 13380 gagattccat ctcaaaaaaa aaaaaaatca gctctttatg aagtagagtt ggcatatggg 13440 ccagggaagt cggagaacaa tgtggttttc cccaggaggc agcacccaca gcttttagcc 13500 ctatctggcc tccactgtgg gtggctgata tctactacca cagtggaggc catatggtcc 13560 tggttaagag taagctgtaa agtgaaactg ttgggttcaa atcccagctt tgccacttag 13620 ctgtgtgatt tcagcaactt actctcggat cctctacttc catccctgtg aagtgggagt 13680 attataatag caacaacttt gaagggtttg gtattttaaa tttattttta ttttttattt 13740 tatttatttt tttaatagag acagggtctc cctatgttgc ctaggctggt ctcgagcccc 13800 tgggctcaag tgatcctgcc acctcggcct cccaaagtat tgggattaca ggtgtgagcc 13860 acagtggctg gccccctgaa ggatttgtcg taaggctgaa ataatgctga gctcaaactc 13920 agtgttcaat aaatgttagt tttattacta ttttgaaccc atactagaca agtaaagggc 13980 agagaaatgt gcttttccag aagacagtgc ctttgtcata cgggtaaatt atccaacctt 14040 gtgaaacagg tattattttc ttttcttttt tttgagacag agtttcactc ttgtcgccca 14100 ggctggagtg caatggcatg atcttgcctc actgcaacct acgcctccca ggttcaagcg 14160 agtctcctgc ctcagcctcc caagtagctg ggattacagg tgtgtgccac catgcccagt 14220 taatttttgt atttttagta gagacggaga ttcaccatgt tgtagacatg tttgtatgtt 14280 tagtagagac ggagtttcac tggtctcgaa ctcctgacct caggcaatcc acccacctca 14340 gcctcccaaa gtgctgggat tacaggcata agccaccacg cttggcccca ttttatttta 14400 ttttttgttt tgttttaaag aaatagagat gggatctcgc tatgttgccc aggctagtct 14460 caaagtcctg ggctcaagtg atcctcctgc ctcagcctcc caaagtgctg gaattacagg 14520 tgtgcaccac tgcacccagt ctgtgcccat tttatggatg aggagactga ggctcagcag 14580 tatgcagtaa cttgtcccag gtcacagagc aagtaagtaa caaaaccaga tttcacttgc 14640 tggtctgcct ccaattccag ggctctttct gccacccaac agctgccttg ttgtttggcc 14700 tagaagcttc atcctgtaag ctctgatttg cgcagattat ctgccaccta catgtctttc 14760 tctcatgttg cctactcaca agagaatatg tagggatttg caggtggtca gattttatgg 14820 gaaaaaaaat agacatttcc acacagaaaa gaaactccag ggagacagtt gagacagtta 14880 ggcagggagt tcttggagga aaatgggagg ttcaaaaggc aattaatgct actgtctgaa 14940 actgtaaaca gatagttact ggctctgaca ccaccagcac acagacaaaa ggcagacaga 15000 aacagcgcac cacaaggaag ctgggcatag actacgccca gggtggaaat taaatgtttt 15060 cctgaaagca gaaaggaaaa ccatagttaa agccaatcca tgactctaag tctatgactc 15120 catgacagca taagtccagt gagtaaaggc ccttcatttg cacctaggcg ttgttatgaa 15180 tcttaaggcc ttactccaca ttctctcttg acctaagttt gtaaaacaaa agtaataatt 15240 agaagtgact cttcagcata tactgttatt ttaatcaaag atagatatac acacacacta 15300 tatatgtgtg tgtatatatg tatatagagg atctatagta tatatcctct atatacatat 15360 atattataaa tatatatgta tatatattta tctatatata cgtatatgtg tatatatgta 15420 tatatgtata tagagtatat atatttatac tctatataca catatacata tatatacact 15480 atatatatgt gtgtgtgtgt gtgtgtgtgt atatatatat aacagacatg agccaccaca 15540 cctggcccca ttttgtttta tttcttgttt tattttcaat aaatagagat gggctctcac 15600 tatgttgccc aagctggcct caaactcctg ggctcaagtg atcctcctcc ctcagcctcc 15660 caaagtgctg aaattacagg tgtgcaccac catatatata tatggagaga gagaaagatg 15720 tgtggctggg cacagtggct cacatctgta ctttgggagg ccgaggtggg aggatcgctt 15780 gaggtcaggt gttgaagatc agcctgggca acatagcgag accctgtctc tacaaaacaa 15840 aacaaaacaa atatacatat attgtttgtt ttgtttcgta gatacggagt ctcactatgt 15900 cactcaggct ggagtgcggt ggcgtgatct tggctcactg caacctccac cttccgggtt 15960 caagcgattc tcttgcctca gcctcctgag tagctgggac tacaggctca cgccaccgca 16020 cctagctaat ttttgtattt ttagtagagt cagggtttca ccatattggc caggctggtc 16080 tcgaactact gacctcatga tccacccatc tcagcctccc aaagtgctgg gattacagac 16140 gtgagccacc gcgtctggcc catatatagc acacgcctgt aatcctataa tcccagcact 16200 ccgggaggct gaggcaggta gatcacctga ggtcaggtgt tcgagaccag cctgaccaat 16260 atggtgaaac cccatctcta ctagaaatac aaaaattagc tgggcgtgat gctgtgccct 16320 gtagtctcag ctactcagga ggctggacgg gagaattgct tgaacccagg agatggaggt 16380 ttcagtgagc tgagatcggc cactgaactg tggcctgggc aacagagcaa gactccgtct 16440 caaaaaaaaa aaaaaaatat atatatatat atatatatgt acatatatat agacagagag 16500 agagagagag agcacacaca ttggcacatt gttggcaagt ttcctcagca ttcctagttg 16560 taaatgacag aaaactcact gatgcaaaca aagcaaagaa tcataataat tattattatt 16620 tactgattta caactggatc aaggagttca aagattccaa ttcatgtcct tgccatgtct 16680 tgactctgct ttcttctgtg gtttcaatct cagacagaca cgctcctccc cagggtgaca 16740 agaaggctct caggagctcc acccatgctt tttcctgttg gttaaaaaac agtgcctctc 16800 tccagcaaaa atctcaagtc tcccactgat tggctcccat tgggtcatat gcctgttctt 16860 caaccaatcc tgtggccagg ctggatccca gggccaaccc tggaggcaca ggtgggcaga 16920 gtaagttcca tccaagatac aggaactgat attgggagag ggagagttcc ccagggaaaa 16980 ctggggggct gtttccagaa gacacatgtt caccatctgg tagttgctgc ctctctgtta 17040 accaaattta atgagaagct gtcatcagga gtaattttct tgtattttta ctagagctgg 17100 ggcttcacca tgttgcccag gctggtctcc aactcctaag ctgaggcaac tgcccacctc 17160 ggcttcctaa agtgctggga ttacaggcat ggccaccacg cctggccatg tttatttctt 17220 atcttcatct cacttcatca atgggcaaat tgacagagag gttaaggaat tggcccaagt 17280 ttatacagag agtaaggagt ggagccaggg catcctttcc aaattctgtg ctttagtttc 17340 tccaggaact acagttagag ctgatctatc tctcagaatt gccagctccg tgccaatgag 17400 gaagccctga gccttctaaa ggaccacctt gcaaggttaa ccaatgtggg atggcagata 17460 tcatccacac actcatgagg gtttatcctg gagcagtgcc tggacactga gaggtgtgac 17520 aacaaggcaa gtctgatcca aggaccattg tggactcagg agctgagatt cctcggtagc 17580 cctgcttccc tacccacagg agtggaggag aaagagtgca acgcacagag aagtgccaag 17640 attgagcccc taacctgccg ctaaccagct gttatgtgtc ttgaataaac tcctttaaga 17700 tctctgtggc caggcacggt ggctcacgcc tgtaatccca gcactttggg aggccaaagt 17760 gggcggatca cctgaggtca ggagtttgag accagcctgg ccaacatggc aaaacctcgt 17820 ctctactaga aatacaaaaa ttagccaggt gtggtggtgc ttgcctgtaa tcccagctac 17880 ttgggaggct gaggcaagag aatcgcttga acccaggagg tggaggttgc agtgagccaa 17940 gattgcgcca ttgcactcca gcctgggcaa caagagcgaa actccatctc aaaaaaacaa 18000 acaagatctt tgtttctaca tccataaaat gggcataata acaccttcct cagaggttag 18060 cgaggattct attaaatact gcaggcaaaa taatacctgc ttggctgggt gcggtggctc 18120 atgcctgtaa tcccagcact tcgggaggct gaggcaggag gatcgcttga gctcaggagt 18180 tcaagatcaa cctgggcaac atagaaagac ctcatctcta caaaaaatat gaaaaattag 18240 ctgggtgtgg tggcgtgcac ctgtagtccc aggtactcag gaggccgaga tgggaggatc 18300 tcttgagcca gggaagtcaa ggctgcattg agccgagatc acgccagccc gggcaacaga 18360 gcaagatcct gtctgtaata gtaacaataa caataataat tcttgcttgt cacccagctg 18420 gtctccatga ggttagttgt ctcctttcca tattatcccc cttctccatc ccccagactt 18480 agcaagagca aggcaagcgg agaaaggaaa gcatctttta tcttctccta gccggcctgg 18540 tggggtctcc tcccctcctc ctctgcccag catctgtaat agcaccaaat gagcacggaa 18600 cctcgcatca tgttcctggg tttgactccc agctcagccg tcctcttcct aggcttgtga 18660 ccttggataa gtccctgtca cccctctcag ctgaagaaca tgctccctca tcgagtctga 18720 tgaaaacgcc ctccataaac gtgcctggca catggtttgt ttattctctg gatctgaaac 18780 ggtgaaagag gcagagctga gtaggtcggg ctgccttggg catggctttg gtcagcagag 18840 gggccggctt cacgccactt cccatctcct gaataattca tgacgaacaa aatgactggg 18900 ccagacctgg gccctccctc ctcctgtcgt gaaggcagaa aagtttctaa ttacagatca 18960 gccggccagg ctccccgggg cccctgggcg ctgcacacag ggggcattta tgggaagaga 19020 ccatggaggg gaggggttcg gtcccagctc ctttccagaa gaaactcaac tccttttgaa 19080 attgtaacct tggcctgcta aggcccagga agggactggg gaaagaaact tagaagagga 19140 agagaaaacc ctgccgaggg gtcagagaga agcgcccaga aaaaaatgtc aggtcaaaga 19200 aggggctctg gggacgtcct ggcaagagga atacacaagc tgtcagggga ggagatttgc 19260 tcgagtcccg tggaaagcat gacaaagccg ggcttcaaaa ggaagctgtc cttcgaaaat 19320 acattgagaa agaataagat ctagcgttct accatacagt agggagacta gagttaataa 19380 tttgtcatag agttcaaaat tgcttggctg ggagcggtgg ctcacgcctg taatcccaac 19440 actttgggag gccgaggcag gcagatcacc tgaggtcagg agttcgagac cagcctgtcc 19500 aacatggcga aagaacccgt ctctactaaa aaaatacaaa aattagctgg atgttgtagc 19560 gggtgcctgt aatcccagct acttgggagg ctgaggcagg agaatcacat gaacctggga 19620 ggcggaggtt gccgtaagcc gagatcacgc cactgcactc tggcctgggc cacagaatga 19680 gattccgtct caaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaatttg ctggaggaga ggaacggaga 19740 tgtttcccaa catgaagaag gggtgaatat ttgggttgat ggatgtccca gttatcctga 19800 tttgatcatc acacattgca tgtatgtatc aaaataccac atgtgccccc aaaatatgta 19860 ccattattat gtataacttt tttttttttt gagatggagt atcgctctgt cgcccagtcc 19920 tgagtgcagt ggcgccatct cagctcactg caagctccgc cccccgggtt cacgccattc 19980 tcctgcctca gcctccccag tagctgggac tacaggcgcc cgccatcacg cccggctgat 20040 gttttgtatt tttagtagag acggggtttc accatgttag ccaggatggt ctcaatctcc 20100 tgacctcgtg atccgcctgc cttggcctcc caaagtgctg ggattgcagg catgagccac 20160 cgcgcccggc ccatgtgtca cttttttaaa aaaggaagat ttcttgactc caacaccaca 20220 gcctctcagt tacactacaa tttactcatt catctgtaaa atggggagat gcccaataat 20280 gctaccttac agcattattg aggagttaca caagtaaata aatgtcaagt gcttagaata 20340 ctgcctcaca cataaactaa aaatatatat tagtagttgt agagtttttt tttttatatt 20400 atgctccctc catagagtgg tcagtaaagg gtgaaggtga caagaagaga agatttgggg 20460 agattgttag agagaacaat gattgtgagg tagtttagta tagtgattaa gatgaggacc 20520 ccatacataa taccgtaata ataataataa aagaggtcag ctgcggtggc tcatgaccgt 20580 aatcccagca ctttgggagg ctgaggtggg cagatcgctt gagttcagga gttcaagacc 20640 agcctgggca acatggtgaa accctgtctc tactaaaact acaaaaatta gccaggcatg 20700 gtggagggtg cctgtagtcc cagctacttg ggaaagtgag gcatgagaat tgcttgaacc 20760 caggaggtga aagtttcagt gagccaagat gggcaacaga gcgtgactct gtccaaaaaa 20820 aataaataaa taaaataaaa aagaggccag gtgtggtgtg gtggctcacg cctataatcc 20880 agcactttgg gaagctgagg ggagtggatt gcttgagttc aggagttcaa gaccagcctg 20940 ggcaacatag tgagaccctg tctctacaaa aagtacaaaa attagctggg cgtggtggtg 21000 ggtacatgta gtcccaacta cttgggaggc tgaggtggga ggatcacttg agcctgggag 21060 gtggaggctg cagtgagcca agatcgtgct gctgctctcc agtctgggcg acacagtgag 21120 accctgtttc aaaaaaattt aaaaagtaag gactccagca ctagtttgcc tgggttcaaa 21180 tcccagctct gcctcttact agttgtgtga tcttggacag gtttgctgta ggtctccgag 21240 ctcctattca ctgtctgtaa taaacggtag ccactgcagt tagtggagag tggtgaacaa 21300 aatgaccaag gtccctgtcc tcatggagct tacagtctag caggaaggtt atactaatca 21360 agagcgttta ttgcatgcca actgtgtgca ggtcctgtgc acttggcaga cattctctta 21420 acgaaatttc acagaatcca cccctgtctt acagatgaag agggtgaaac tcaaagaggt 21480 cacaagcaga gagaggattt agaactgaaa ggtcactcca cagtatggat gaatcaccac 21540 attagcatgg tgagcgaaaa aagccagatg caaacgagta cacattgtat gatttcattt 21600 atatgaaact ctagaaaatg caaactaact tatagtgaca gaaagcagat caggggttgc 21660 gtgggacagg gtgggcgggg cattcactgc aaagagcctg aggaacctat ttgagaagat 21720 ggaaatgttt tacatctgac attgatacta gttacatggg tgtatgcatt tgtcaatgtt 21780 catcgaactg gacacttaaa atgggtgtat tttcctgcat gtaaattata cctcaatgaa 21840 gctgatcttt tcaagggggt ggggaaggta taccagactc cagagctctg caacccttcc 21900 tatattattt gagtgtctga tttcaagctc atttgtgggc agagactgta atagattcat 21960 ctttaggtcc tcccctcact tcccagcctg agggcctagc aaaattcttt tttttgtttt 22020 ttttttttga gatggactct gactatgttg cccaggttgg agtgtggcag cacaatgttg 22080 gctcactgca acctctgcct cccgggttca agagattctc ttgcctcagc ctcccaagta 22140 gctgggatta caggcgactg ccaccacatc tggctaattt ttgtattttt agtaaagacg 22200 gggtttcacc atgttggcca ggctggtctt gaactcctga cctcaggtga tctgcccgcc 22260 ttggcctccc aaagtgttgg gatgacaggc gtgagccatc gcgcccaacc aaaattctta 22320 aacccaatag ttcagattag caaatatacc ctgggcacct tctctgtgct gggtgctgcg 22380 gtcacagacc aatcagtcta gtggggaaca cagacggaaa aggccaaata gacacagtac 22440 agtgggtaaa tgtgctgatg gagtaaacag ttcattactg ggccacagca atgaatcctg 22500 catagagtct ggaacttggg atgtgaagat ctcaaactgc aattcatcac ctgcattcaa 22560 atctccactc taccgcttgc tgtatgactt tgggtgacca ttttagcatg ccaaacctca 22620 gtttccacct ctggaaaatg gagatcatag tagctccaat ctagaggggt gttatgagaa 22680 ttaaaggaga cagcaataaa atgtttagca tggcaggcat agtaagtact tcataattgt 22740 tagtcatttt tatcatgaat gaagagcagg gaggtgggga gaggcacacg gggtgtgtgt 22800 atgtgtagtg gggtttcact acccaacctg aggtgagaga ggactgagag gtgctttccc 22860 agagaggtga tgcttggagg aggaattggc tagtttaagt ggccatgggg gcaggaggga 22920 gtgggaacag cttggaacaa acgctcaata aatatttgct caataaataa aaaaacagag 22980 actgtgcaaa acctgcctgt aaccaagggg acagagaggg cccgccagag gagactgggg 23040 ggtcctcagg aggcgggggc tgggtggctg gcccccacag gcaggctcca gaccttccta 23100 gcctggtccg accccaccct gtgccctgcc cagttcccct gataggtttg gacagcccca 23160 gacctgaggc ctggagccca cgggaggagg aacggtgggg agggctggcg ggacgggggt 23220 gctcacaggc cttctccctc taatgagaaa cggccaagtc cccgcaaggc gcctcccgcg 23280 cccccgttgt ccgagccaca aaggaccagg atcaatggaa ggcgggagcg accgaggggc 23340 ctcctctttg tgcggctgtc tcaggcctgt ttgcgccgcc gtctccgcgc ccccattgat 23400 caggcatgtg gaaagattcc gcctcccggg ctccctttgt ggccgcgttg ccaggctgcg 23460 cccggagtga ctgcaccgcg cagggtgtac ccgcctgcgg tgggcaccgg gctgcgagac 23520 ggggtgggat cccaggaggg cagggtggcc agatttagca aataaaaata caggacttcc 23580 agttaaatgt gaatttctga taaataacaa aagcagacaa aaaacaaagt ataagtatgt 23640 cccaaatatt gcatgggaca tacttacact caaaaagtat tggttgatta tctgaaattt 23700 caacttaact aggcgtcctg tattttgtct ggcacccttt gaaggggaag ctgaatacat 23760 ctgcattgcc tagcacttat attaccccca acttcagtgg ttgaagtttt gtttgtttgc 23820 ttgctttttg ttttttattt ttattttttg gccatatctg cacaccccga actgctattt 23880 agatagaatt tttctttaaa taaatttatt ttttaaaaat cttaacctgg ccgagctccg 23940 tggctcaagc ctgtaatccc agcactttgg gaggctgagg gggggaggat cacttgaagc 24000 caggagttca agatcagctt gagcaacaaa gtgagatccc atctctacaa aacaaaacaa 24060 aaaactccct taacctatta accgtgattt attgatgcat agtgcaaata cattaacttg 24120 aacaaatatg aaatgtacct gttgatgcat ttttgcctac aagaacactc atgtgaccgc 24180 acccacatca agatatagaa tattcccggc cagcagtggt ggctgacgcc tgtaatctca 24240 gcactttggg aggccgaggt gggcgaatca cttgaagtca ggagttcgag accagcctgg 24300 ccaacaaggt gaaatcccct ctctactaaa aatacaaaaa ttagccaggg gtggtggtgc 24360 acgcctgtaa ttccagctac tcaggaggct gaggcaggag aattacttga acccgagaag 24420 cggaggttgc agtgaaccga agtggtgcca ctgcactctg gcctgggcga cagagcgaga 24480 ctccatctca aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaagata tagaatattc ccatcacccc agaaggttcc 24540 ctggcgtccc tgagcagttg agcagtatcc acctccccat tggcagccat agatttgctt 24600 tagctattct tgaacttcgt atcagtggaa tcgtatagta taatgtgtac actcaagtct 24660 agcttctttc gctcagtatt atgtttgtga ggatgggcat ggtggctcac gcctgtaatc 24720 ccagcacttt gagaggccca ggtgggtgga tcagtatcac ctgaggtcag gagttcgaga 24780 ccagctggcc aacacagcga aaccccatct ctacaaaaat gcaaaaatta gctgggcatg 24840 gtggcaggtg actgtaatcc cagctacttg ggaggctgag ataggagaat cacttgaatc 24900 cgggaggcgg aggttgcagt gagccaaaat tgcaccactg cactccagcc tgggctacag 24960 agtgagattt catttcaaaa aaacaaaaaa caaaacaaac aaacaaaaaa agtctgtgac 25020 atttgtcccc attgtagatt gaccagttgt ttgttccctt tcgctgctgg ctgagtattc 25080 cattatatgg ctgttccacg gtttgttcct ctattttctt gttgatgggt gtcttgattg 25140 tttccagttt ttgctattat gaataaagcc gctatgacca tacttgcact ggtcactgta 25200 tgaacttaaa tatatttaac ctaagcaata ctatttgtga actcacaggc ttaaaatgct 25260 actttaattt tttttctcct gcacattaaa tatataacga tgacacatgt ttctgggaac 25320 atctttgtat tgaccaagct cactgtgaat ggtcacatat caaactgcag aatagacgtt 25380 aagagaacag actggcttgg ggtaggtctc gagcaagtgc gtcagtccct ctgggcctcg 25440 gtttcttcat ctgtgcaatg gggggtgata atgttaatta tctcacagag tggttgaaaa 25500 ggcaaaatgg gccgggcacg gtggctcaca cctgtaatcc cagcactttt ggaggctgag 25560 gtgggtggat catgaggtca ggagttcaag actagcctgg ccaagatgac aaaaccctgt 25620 ctctgctcaa accacaaaaa ttagccaggc acggtggcag gcaccttaat cccagctact 25680 tgggaggctg aggcaggaga attgcttgaa cccgggcagc agaggttgca gtgagccgag 25740 atggtgccac tgcactccag cctgggcaag aaagtgagac tgtctcaaaa aagaaagaaa 25800 ggaaagaagg aggaaggaag aaaggaagga aggcaggcag gcaggcgggc aggcaaggca 25860 aaatggggta acaccttata aaagggccag ccatggtggc acacaggaga gttgcttgag 25920 cccaggagtt caagatcagc ctgggcaaca tagtgagacc ccgtctcaaa aaaaaaaaaa 25980 aaaaggatac agcatagggc tgacacatag tgggtgctct acacagggag ctattatcca 26040 gtgctggatg ggcagtagca attgaactgg ctatgttaga tgcctgttct cattctattc 26100 tcatttcaac cctttgaggt agctactgtt attatcaacc tattttacag attaggaaac 26160 tgaggctctg agaggcagtc acttgcccaa aatggtatag ttagtaagcg gcaaaggcac 26220 cacctagtgt gttttccaga gcccaagggg gcaggaggga ccaatgaggc tctcatgcct 26280 ggagatgaga atgggttata caggaggagg agctgggtac cttctccttc ctgcctctgc 26340 atccccaatt agcgcccagc ttgaaggcaa gcaggtttct ctttggaggg tgggaggagc 26400 tggcctggac atttctagga gacgccaagc cttccagcca acgggcaggt gggaggacag 26460 gcagggcaag tctgacgggg taaggagggg aacagaggaa gccggaagct ggaggaaaag 26520 cctggcctcc tgtagccaca gccgctgggc agagcccggc ctcgctacct gccatctgaa 26580 gggcacggga actgctgatc tcaggcgatt agcataacaa tccccgatcc ggcgtcctcg 26640 ggtcccaaag ctgggtctgc acaatcccat ttcaagccag ctctttcttt agctggttaa 26700 ttagggaggg cacagactac ttaaagggcc ctgtacacac ggccttggct gcagctggga 26760 gcaggagagg gcccgacaat accttcagtc ctggcaggtg tgggtgctgc catagtgctt 26820 cacggcaggc cacggcgaaa aggctgctct caccggggat ttcaccgggc ctcctgttgc 26880 caccctccaa agccccatta gtgcacatct aggatagata tggcctgttc acagctcatg 26940 ccagggctcg gcacagaata ggtgctcaaa tataacttct aaaataagta actgggccag 27000 gcgcagtggc tcatgcctgt aatcctagca ctttgggagg ccaaggcagg aggatcactt 27060 gagtttcaga ccagcctggc caacatggca aaaccttgtc tctactaaca atacaaaaat 27120 gagctgggcg tggtggcaca cgcctgtaat cccagcaact caggaggctg aggcatgaga 27180 atcgcttgaa ctcgggaggt ggaggttgca gtgagccaag attgccccac cgcattccat 27240 cccgggcaac agagcaagac tctgtctcaa aacataaaaa taaaataaaa taaattatcc 27300 aggtgtggtg gtgcgtgcct gtggtcccag ctacttggga ggttgaggtg ggaagatcgc 27360 ttgagcctgg gaggctgagg cttcagtaag ctgcgatcct gccaccgcat tccaccctgg 27420 gtgacagagc aaaaacttgt cacgaaaata aataaaataa gataactcac tgaagcatgg 27480 agcccatagt ccagaactca ggactctacc tactcatata atgagggccc aggctgaatg 27540 ctaatggagg gtacaggggc agccccagcc ttgcaggtcc ctcagggtcc taagcccttc 27600 cttccccttc ccacagcctc cttgcactgg aagtccaaga gggcacttgg atcagagtag 27660 gcagaacata gtctttggga tgagatagag ggtagagctg ggttcgaatc ctggctctgc 27720 tgcttactag ctgtgtgatc cagaggaagt ctcttaacct ctctgaggct gttttctctt 27780 ctgtaaatgg ggatgatcaa aacctgcttc aaaagttgtt tacaggtatt tcttaaaata 27840 tcatatgaga gcgtctgcca cagagttggg gctcagggaa tgggagtcct tcctcttctg 27900 tagaaatacc cactgccttt ctacccgcgt ggctaatgtt ccccaggtcc ccatcatgca 27960 cccgctcagt gcttgttctc tctgccatcc tgtcaatgcc cttgtgaggt aagttctgtg 28020 ctttcttttt ttttttttga gatggagtct cactctgtcg cccaggctgg agtgcagcgg 28080 tgcgatctcg gctcactgca agctccacct cccgggttca tgccattctc ctgcctcagc 28140 ctcccaagta gctgggacta caggcacctg ccatcacaca cagctaattt tttgtatttt 28200 tttagtagag acagcatttc actgtgttag ccaggatggt cttgatctcc tgacctcgtg 28260 atccacccgc ctcggcttcc caaagtgctg ggattacggg gtgagccacc gctccctgcc 28320 agttctgtgc tttttaaaga aaaggggccc ggtggtgcag tggctcatgc ctataatccc 28380 agcacttttt tgtttgtttg tttgtttgtt tgtttgaggc agagtcttgt tctgtcgccc 28440 aggctggagt gcagtggcac aatctcggct cactgcaacc tctgcctccc gggttcaagt 28500 gattctccta tctcagcctc ccaagtagct gggattacag gcacctgcca ccacgcccag 28560 ctaatttttg taattttgta gagatggggt ttcgccacgt tggccagact ggtcttgaac 28620 tcctgacctc aggtcatctg cccacctcgg cctcccaaag tgctgggatt acaggtgtga 28680 gtcactgcgc ctggccaata atcctagcac tttggaagac ctaggcagga ggatcacttg 28740 aggccaggag tttgagatca gcctgagcaa tgtagcaaga ccctgtttct tcaacaaaat 28800 tatatattca aaatgttaag gctgagcgtg gtggcttgcg gctctaatac caacactttg 28860 ggaggctgag gtgggaggat ggcttaagcc caggagtgca agatcagcct gggcaacatg 28920 gtgagacatc atctctacaa acaaaatttt ttaaaataaa aaataatgat ttttaggcca 28980 gatttggtgg ctcatgactg taatcacaga actttgggag ggcaaggcaa gctgatctct 29040 tgaggtcagg agttcaagac cagcctggcc aacatggtga aaccccatct ctactaaaaa 29100 tattaaaaaa ttagagccag gcacagtggc tcacacctgt aaccccagaa ctttgggagg 29160 ccgaggcggg ccgatcacaa ggtcaggaga tcgagaccat cctggtcaac atggtgaaac 29220 cccgtctcta ctaaaaatac aaaaattagc tgggcgtggt ggcacatgcc tgtaatccta 29280 gctactcggg aggctgaggc aggagaatcg cttgaaccgg gaagtcagaa gttgcagtga 29340 gccaagatcg tgccactgca ctccagcctg gcgacagagc gagactctgt ttaaaaaaaa 29400 aaaaggccgg gcgcagtgac tcacacctgc ctgtaatccc agcactttgg gaggctgagg 29460 caggcagatc acctgaggta aggagttcga gaccagcctg accaacatgg agaaacccca 29520 tctctactaa acatacaaaa aaaaaaatta gccaagcgtg gtggtgcatg cctgtaatcc 29580 cagctgctca ggaggctgag gcaggagcat cactggaacc caggaggcag aggttgccgt 29640 gagccaagat cacaccattg ccctctagct ggggcaacaa tagcgaaatg ccatctcaaa 29700 aaaaaaaaaa ttagttaggt gtgatgacac acgcctgtaa tcccagctag ttgggaggct 29760 gaggcaggag aatctcttga acctgggaag cccactgcac tcagagtgaa tgagactggg 29820 ccacagagtg aatgagactc tgtctcaaaa taaataaata aataaatata ataataattt 29880 tttaaaaagg aaaatgaagt cagagacaaa gtgacttgcc caaggccaca cggctagaaa 29940 gtttcaaagg gaggcttgag ctcagctaac cctaagaaca atggctctgg agccaggaaa 30000 ggatgggcat tattgcagcc actgctccct ttccactcag ccagccagat agtctcaggt 30060 atcttttgat cttctgctgt gtgttaagca ttgtgctgag ggcaggggat agagctgagc 30120 acaatcgcca ttttccatca atgtctgtga gtgttaaggg cttgaggaca gtaaaacagg 30180 gtgataggct agaggcctgg gggtctagga agacttcttc tgtataggtg atacttgaac 30240 tgcaggattg ccatgggaag aggggggcag gtaagtggga agcattccag gtaggcggga 30300 gagcaggtgc aaaggtcctg aggtaggact tagtttgggg tatctcagga actgaaaggc 30360 agccagtgtg gctggagcac tgggagggag agtgagagtg ggatgggcca ggctggagag 30420 ggaggaaggg ccttaaggga catcctaaga actccttcct tcccttcctc cctcttcctt 30480 tccttcttct ctccctccct tccttccttc ccttcctcct cctccttcct ttcttccctc 30540 cctcccttcc tgccttcctt ctcttttttc ttcccttcct tcctttcctt ctccttccct 30600 cccatccttt ttttcttact tcctccctca atctctctct ctcttcctac tttccttccc 30660 tccttccttc cttctcttgt tccttcctcc cccctctcct ttccttcctt ccctccttct 30720 tccctcttcc ctccctttcc ttctctcctt cctctgtcct tttttttttt tttttttttt 30780 gagacagagt ctcagccagg catagtggct cacgcctgta ctcccagtac ttggggaggc 30840 cgaggcaagt ggatcacctg agatgaggtc aggagagttt gagaccaacc tggccaacat 30900 ggtgaaaccc tgtctctagt aaaaatacaa aaattagctg ggtgtggtgg tgggtgcctg 30960 taatcccacc tacttgggag actgaagcag gagaatcact tgaacctggg aggcagcagt 31020 tgcagtgagc caagatcatg ccactgcact ccagcctggg cgacagagcg agactccgcc 31080 tcaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaagaga cagagtcttg ttctggcacc atctcagctc 31140 actctaacct ctgcctcccg ggttcaagca attctcctgc ctcagtctcc taagtagctg 31200 ggattacaag cacctaccac cacatctggc taatttttgt gtttttagta gagacggggt 31260 ttcaccatgt tggccaggct ggtctcgaac tcctgacctc aagtgatctg cccacctcag 31320 cctcccaaag tgctgggatt acaggtgtga gccaccgcgc caggctcctt ccttccttcc 31380 ttctttcctt cctctttttc ttcctccctt ccctccctcc gttcctccct tccttctttt 31440 ctctctctcc ttcctttctt ccttcccccc ttcctcccct ttttccctgc cttcctacct 31500 tccttccttc tttctctcct tccttcctcc cctcctccct ctcttccttc cttcctcctc 31560 tccttccctc cctccctcct tcctctctcc cttccttcct cctctccttc cctccctccc 31620 tccttcctct ctcccttcct accttccttc cttccctccc ctccttcctt cctcccctcc 31680 ttcctctctt ccttccttcc ctccgtcctt ccttctttcc ctccgtccat gcctactgtt 31740 tctcaagcac tggcccaggg ggctgcaggc ctctgagtct ctctgtgctt ctctccctct 31800 tcccttctcc cttcctctcc cctccccctc ctcttctaac agccgcccca cccccactgg 31860 tccagctctt cccctcccct ctaccccatc ccctcccctc cacgccaccc cctcccactg 31920 acaatgggga ggaaccctgg gctcagctcc ccacagtatt gtccctttaa ggaatcccta 31980 aatccggaca cccctctcct cccccacctg agaaccaatt agggttcccg aattcaagta 32040 gaggcttttg tgtgtcacgt gtttgtggaa caaagccctc tccggcagga ataaaagctt 32100 ctattcagga gccagtttgc tctcattcta atcgtttcca ctccagcctc gcctccttcc 32160 cgggttccca gggccgccca gctcggcctc accttcccgc ttcagcaccc tgtattagtg 32220 ccctacccaa aagcaggtgg ccaccgaccc agggctctgc ccaccttttc ttcccgaaag 32280 atcacgtgat gccgactggc tccgagctgg gccctgggct cagcgctgtg tgagcatcat 32340 tgtacgggac tgtgaatagc ctcaatgcaa cggaggaaac tgaggctcag agaggttagg 32400 gcacttgcct gaggtcatac ggctggtaag acagggagtc tacaccctcg ggcattattc 32460 tatggtaccc ccagctggcc ctagcatagc acagggtgca gaagaaggga gctgccattt 32520 ttataaagcc catggggcca ggcacctgct ggatattaga gactcctgac aatgccacgt 32580 gaaggagcaa cgattgaggt caaagtcact gacaagtccg aggcaggatg gcgttgggac 32640 tcagaacttg gagggaaaca gtggggccct caggtctgaa gatgaagaga cagggagtat 32700 gggaagccca tattacgaag ccattaagaa aactgtattg atatggaatg gtaattgaca 32760 cattgccaag agaaaaaggc agtacattga atggaatatg atctcatttg cataagagga 32820 aaaggaaata tctacacaca aacatgtata cacatatcgc acatttctat ctgtatggaa 32880 taaatttggg gaaaaaacat cataaattgt agtatccttt atttcctttg aagagtggaa 32940 atagagcatg gagagaagtc acttagtacc attctgtgct gtttgaaaaa agatattttc 33000 ttactatgat catgtattta ttttatgata attatttttg ttttattgaa gttaactatt 33060 ttaaagcttg catttcagtt gcatttagta tatttacaac gttttcatca ccctaaaggc 33120 aaacttctaa catcatatcc agtaagcaat tacttctcct tccttattcc ccccgcccct 33180 ggcaatcact aacctgcttt ctgtctctac agatttacct attttagata tttcatagaa 33240 atggaattat agcatttcat agaaatggaa tcagtatgtg acctttttca tctggctttt 33300 ttcttttcct tctttttttt tttttttttt agatgagctc tcactctgtc acccaggttg 33360 gagtgcagtg gcgcgatctc agctcactgc aacctccacc tcccgggctc aagcgatcct 33420 cctgcctcag cctcccaagt agctgagacc acaggtgtcc gccaccacac ccaactaatt 33480 tttttgtatt tttgatagag atagggtttc tccatgttgt ccaggctgat ctcaaactac 33540 tggattcaag cgatctatct ggcttggcct cccaaagtgc tgggattaag gccggcaaaa 33600 tgcacccctg agctcagcct ggtttttttc atttaggatg atgtccctca ggtttatcca 33660 tgttgtagca tgtgtcctat ttcattcctt ttaacggcta aatagtattc ccttgcatgg 33720 gtatactaca tcttgtttac ccattcatca cttgatggac atttgggttg tttcaatctt 33780 ttggcagtcg tgaatggtgc tgctatgatc atgcatgttt ttgtctgaat acctgttttt 33840 aattattttg ggtatatgcc taggatctgg gtcatatgat aattctgttt tactttttga 33900 gataccatcg aacggttttc cacagtgcca caccatttta cgctcacacc agcaacgtac 33960 agaaagctcc aatttctcca cattcttgcc aacacttgtc attttccatt tatttattta 34020 ttcatagctg tggtagtagg tgtggaatga tatctcattg tggctttgcc ttgcatttca 34080 ctaatggctc aagatgaata tcttttcacg agcttattgg ctatttatgt attttctttg 34140 aagaaatatc tattcaagtc ctttgcctat ttgtacttat ttattaattt attttttgag 34200 aaagagtcgc actttattgc ccaggctgga gtatagtggc ttgatcacag ctcactgtag 34260 cctcgacctc cctgggctca agtcctcctg cctcagcctc ccaagtagct gggactacag 34320 gcacacgcca ccatgcctgg ctaatttttg tatttttttt tttttttgta gagatagggt 34380 ttcaccatgt tggccaggct gttctcaaac tcctgacctc aagtgatccg cccacctcag 34440 cctcccaaag tgctgagatt acaggtgtta caggtgtcag ccactgcacc cagccctttt 34500 cacttttttt tttttttttt ttgagacagt ctcgctctgt tgcccagact ggagtgcagt 34560 ggcacaatct tagctcacag caacctccac ttcccaggtt ccagcgattc tcccacctca 34620 gcctcccgag tagctgggac tacaggcgcc caccaccact ctaagctaat tttttgtatt 34680 tttaatagag atggggtttt accatgttgg ccaggctggt ctcgaactcc tgacctcaag 34740 tgattcgcct gccttggcgt cccaaaatgt tgggattata ggcgtgagcc accacacctg 34800 gcctcacttt cttgatagtg ccttttgatg cccaagtttt tatttttatt tatctattca 34860 tttatttatt ttgagacagg gtctcgctct gtcacccatg ctggagtgca gtggcacaat 34920 catagctcac tacagcctcg aactcctgag ttcaagccat cctccagcct tagccttcca 34980 agtacctagg actccaggct cgtgccacca cccagctaaa ttttgttatt ttatgtagag 35040 acgaggtctt actatgttgc ccaggctggt ctcaaactcc tgagtttaag caaccctcct 35100 gcttagcctc acaaaatgct gggattacag gcatgagcca ctgcacccag ccaaaagttt 35160 taaatttaaa tgaagtccaa tatatctatt gttttcttgt gttgtttgtg catttggtga 35220 cataactaag aattgccaaa tttaaggtca taaagattta cccctgtgtt tcttttatcc 35280 attttgagtt cattttgttt ttacatggtg ccaggtccaa ctttattctt tcacatgtaa 35340 atatcctata ataattgttt ttaatctttg tctttgctgt cttaagaaat gatctccaaa 35400 tttttgtgat gatacatccc taagaggaaa caatctttga gctcatattt ctagcataca 35460 tacatttata tatttacaaa atatatacat actctactgt tataatatct atgttacaaa 35520 catctatgca aaagaaattt taaaaagatg aaataggctg ggcacagtgt ctcatgcctg 35580 taatcccagt actttgggag gctgaggtgg gtggatcact ggaggcgagg agttcaagcc 35640 cagcctggcc aatacggtga agcccagtct ctcctaaaaa tacaaaaatt aggccgggag 35700 cagtggcacg cacctgcaat ccaagcactt tgggatgctg aggcaggcga atcacctgag 35760 gtcagggatt cgagaccagc ctggccaaca tggcaaaacc ccatctctac taaaaataca 35820 aaaattagct gggcatggtg gcgtgtgcct gtaatcccag ctacttggga ggctggggca 35880 ggagaatctc ttgaacccag gaggcagagg ttgcagtgag ccgagattgc accactgccc 35940 tccaacctgg gccacagagt gagactccat ctcaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaagctggg 36000 cgtggtggca catgcatata atcccagata ctcagtaggc tgaggcaaaa gaatcacttg 36060 agcctgggaa aaagagattg cattgcagtg agctaagatt gggccactgc actctagcct 36120 aggcgacaaa gtgagattct gtctaaataa ataaataaaa taagaaatta gccagatata 36180 gtggcacgca cctgttgtcc tagctactca ggaggctaaa gtgggaggaa ggcttgaacc 36240 caggagttca aggcttcggt gagttatgat tacatcactg ctgcactcca gcctgggcaa 36300 cagaggcaca ccctgtctta aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa agagcgggga aaagagatga 36360 aatagaaaaa aatactatag aaggcctgat cttttcttgg tggatgattt tgagtgctcc 36420 cagagacact cacccctctg gtgcttgctg gtgctgctga tgacagagtg aggtcagccc 36480 accctctaaa ggcacagctg ggacagctgc aggcaggcat gggagtgggc tctccaggtt 36540 gggtctgact tccctcttct gagtcacaaa atttcacatc agaaggacgg gtgtttgaat 36600 cctggttcca tctatttcct agttgtgtgt cactatatta agctgtattt ggccgcgtgt 36660 ggtggctcac acctataatt gcagcacttt gggaggctga ggcaggtgga tcacctgagg 36720 ttagtagttc gagaccagcc tggccaacat gatgaaatcc cgtctgtact aaaaatacaa 36780 aaattagcca gatgtgctag caggggccta caatcccaga tacttgggag gctgagacag 36840 gagaatcgct tgaacctgga aggtggaggt tgcagtgagc caagatcaca ccactgcact 36900 ccagcctagg caacaaagtg agacaccgtc tcaaaataaa agccatatag ctatattaaa 36960 aagcaaagtc ttaacagcct tttttttttt tttagacagg gtattcttct ggtatccagg 37020 ctggaatgca gtggcacgat catagctcac cgcacccttg atctcccggg cccaagcgat 37080 cctcccacct caggtttccg ggtagctggg cctacaggca agtgccacca tgcctggcta 37140 atttttaaat ttttgtagag acagagtctc cctttgttgc tcaggctggt ctcgaactcc 37200 tggccttaag caatcctccc acctcggcct tccagagtgt tgggtttata ggtgtgagcc 37260 ttacacttag cctttttttt tttttttttt tttgagacgg agtttcactc ttgtccctca 37320 ggctggagtg caatggtgca atctctgctc actgcaacct ctgcctccca ggttcaagca 37380 atcctcctgc ttcagcctcc tgaacagctg agattacaag catccgcccc catgccaggc 37440 taattttttt ttttcccatg acagaatctt gctctgtcgc ccagaactgg agtacaatgg 37500 ctcgatcttg gctcactgca acctccacct cccaggttca agcaattctc ctgactcagc 37560 ctcccgagta gctgggatta caggcgcatg ccacctcgcc cggctaattt ttgtattttt 37620 agtagagaca ggatttcacc atattggcca ggctggtctc gaactcctga cctcgtgatc 37680 tgcccgcctc agcctcccaa agtgttggga ttacaggcgt gagccaccac gcccagctgg 37740 ttattatttc ttaaggctta aaggggccaa tgtgtcttcc ccacaattta cctatttgtt 37800 cattcagcca agatgtaaag aatgcctgct atgtgccagc cataatgggg aacaagaaga 37860 aagcagtcct tattatttat ttatttattt atttatttat ttatttattt atttattttt 37920 agaggtgaga gtcttgttat gttgcctagg tgtttgtaac ggtgcctggc taacagtcct 37980 ttcttttgag aagcatatga cctcgggata cacagacatt acaatataca cacacaaata 38040 cacattgtct gtatttatgc agtggagcaa tcataactca ctacagcctc taccttctgg 38100 actcaaggga tcctcccact tcagcctccc aagtggctgg gagccaccat actcaaggca 38160 tgagccacca tactctgcta atcttttatt tttagtagag gtggggttct cagtcttttg 38220 cttaggctgc tctgtcttga actcctgacc tcaagtggtc ctcctatctt gggctcctgt 38280 ctagctagga ttacagggac atgcacacca ctctcagcta attttatctc tgcatttctg 38340 atgaatgagt tttttttttt tttttttttt tttttttttt agatggtatt tcactctgtc 38400 gcccaggctg gagtgcggtg gtgcaatctc agctcactgc aacctctgcc tcccagtttc 38460 aactgattct tgtggctcag cctcccgagc agctgagcag ctgggattac aggcatgtgc 38520 caccatgccc agtaattttg tatttctagt agagatgagg ttagccaggc tggtctcgaa 38580 ctcctgacct caggtgatcc gcccaccttg gcctcccgaa gtgctgagat tgcaggcgtg 38640 agccacctag cctggccaaa tgagtttttt aatttaattt tttttctgcc cccgaaacca 38700 ccctgaatga gttctattct gcatcagtta accaataatt taatgttgac tcaacatcat 38760 ggtggacact agaggcaata gttgggccgg tggtaaatac acagttcagc caacacaagt 38820 acccactggc tctcctttga ggagtgccca cttctctgtt tctgcttttc cgacccagct 38880 tagatgccag ccttcccttt cctctccaac ccactgtact ccctccctcc cttgagcttc 38940 caaagctctc ttaaggctct catactttgc tttgggatat aatttgtccc tttactggag 39000 cgtaaatgcc tcaagaactg tcagcaagcc ttattcaggt gtggatacct ccagagtacc 39060 tgacacggtg gaaaaggcac atttgattca ttcactgaga agagaagagg caaagatgta 39120 gccgctgagt actagctgtg tgaccttggg aaaaataatt ctttctttgg atctctaagt 39180 ttatccataa agcaagaggg gggcatcaga ggctctccaa ggcagccttt ctcaaccttt 39240 ttaaaattgg gacactcctg atgaatggca ttcccacgtg actcatgctt ccatggtgtt 39300 cagataagat agtctgaatt ctgcgtaacc ccagctcttc ctctctccct ctggagagct 39360 tgtccaaagg ccagggagca agagtgacgt tatttataga cataaccttg actccacttc 39420 tcctcatttg tttatttctt tttcttcttc atttatttat ttaaggcaaa gaaagcattc 39480 tcaagcttca gtagaggtag tggttaaaaa taccagacca gaaaccagag acacttgcct 39540 ttgaatcccc tctttgccat ttctgagtgt agtatccttg ggtaagtttg ctgagcctca 39600 gtttccccat ctacaacatg ggaggatcat catagaacta actttagaag actgtagagg 39660 ggattaaatg cgatcagaca ggaaagctct tagcaccatg ctgtacatgg taagggctca 39720 gtaaagttgt caatatctac tttgttgtta ttagttacat gttacatgtg acacactaaa 39780 aaattgggat atgatgctga gaccaaaaag taaactcttg attagcttct gccaaatttg 39840 atcttttgtg attttctcac ccagtcttgg ggacgctgag ccgtggtgaa tttctctgct 39900 ggtggaaata gattcacgga tgtagctcaa tcctttctta ttttgtttta ttttattttt 39960 gagatacagt ctcactctgt tgcccaggct ggagtgcagt ggcgcgatct cggctcactg 40020 caagctccgc ctcccgggtt cacgccattc tcctgcctca gccttctgag tagctggaac 40080 tacaagcgcc cgccaccatg ctaatttttt gtatttttag tagagacggg gtttcactgt 40140 gttagccagg atggtctcga tctcctgagc tagtgatcca cctgccttgg cctcccaaag 40200 tgctgggatt acaggtgtga gccaccgcac ccggccagat gtagctcaat ccttctttac 40260 ctttgttact ctatctccac tcgctcatcc tattcccctt ttaatttttt ctgttttttt 40320 ttttttgtaa agtatcactc tcactctcac ttcttttttt cttttttgac agggtcttgt 40380 tctgtcaccc aggctggaat gcagtggcac aatcatggtt cactgtttcc tcaaactccc 40440 gggctaaaga gatcctcctg ccttagcctc tcaagtagct gggactacag gctcatacca 40500 acatatctgg ctaattttct tatatttttg tagaggtggg gttttgttat gttgcccagg 40560 ctggtcttga actcctggcc tcaagtgatc ctcccacctt ggcctcacaa agtgctggga 40620 ttagaggtgt cagccactat gctcggcttg gatgaatttc aaaaattgta ggttgaggcc 40680 gggcacagtg actcatgcct gtaatcctag cactttagga ggtggtggag ggcagatcac 40740 ttgagcctag gagtttgaga ccagcctgga caacatggca aaaccccatc tctatgaaaa 40800 atacaaaaat tagccgggga tggtggtgca tgcctgtagt cccagctact caggaggctg 40860 aggcaggagg atcgcttgaa cttgcttgag gtcaaggctg ctgtgagccg agatcatgcc 40920 actgcactcc agcctgtgtg acaaagtgag accttgtttc aaaacaacaa caacaacaac 40980 aacaaactgt atgagcaaaa gaagccagat gcaaaaaaat acatacaaaa attccattta 41040 tatgaaatta tggaacaggc aaaactaatc tatgggaaga caggtcatag tcgcatttat 41100 ctttgggaag cagatattga cttggaagca ggagataact ttctggagga aggaaagctt 41160 caatatcagt gctgcccaat agaaataaaa tgccagctac actcacgcct gtaatcccag 41220 cactttggga ggccaaggca ggcggatcac gaggtcagga gattgagacc atcctgacta 41280 acactgtgaa accccatctc tactaaaaat gcaaaaaatt ggccgggcgt ggtggcgggc 41340 gcctgtggtc ccagctactt gggaggctga ggcaggagaa tggcatgaac ccaggaggcg 41400 gagcttgcag tgagacaaga tcgtgccact gcactccagc ttgggcaaca gagcaagact 41460 ccgtctcaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaagccagct acagctgtaa accatatatg taatttaaaa 41520 attttctagg aaccacatta aaaagacata aaggccgggc gcggtggctc actcctgtaa 41580 tcccagcact ttgggaggcc gaggcaagtg gatcacctga ggtcaggagt tggagaccag 41640 cctggccaac agggtgaaac catgtctcta ctaaaaatac aaaaattagc tgggtgtggt 41700 ggtgggtgct tgtaatcgca gctactcggg aggctgaggc agaagaatca tttgaacgaa 41760 ggaggtggag gttgcaatga gccaagattg cgccactgca ctccagcctg ggtgaaagag 41820 taagactcca tctcaaaaaa ataaaaataa ataaataaat aaataaaaat aaaaagacat 41880 aaaatgaaac aggtgaaatt tattttaata atatattcaa aaattacgtt tcaacatgta 41940 atcaatgtaa aattattatc actgtatttt acattcattt tctgcattct ttgatatcca 42000 atgtatattt tgcacttaca gcactggtta gtttgggcca gctgcatctc aagtgctcag 42060 tagccacacg tggtgagtgg tcacttttat ggatctgtat cttaatctgg gttttagcta 42120 tatataaaaa tttatatata aaacttggga ggcactccag cctgggtgac agagcaagac 42180 tttgtttcaa aaaaaaaaga aagaaagaaa ttcatttgta ttgttatatg tatctgtcat 42240 ttgtgtgttt tttttttttt tttttgagat ggagttttgt tctgttgccc aggctggagt 42300 gcagtggcac gatctcgatc ttggcttact ccaatctctg cttcctggat tcaggcaatt 42360 ctcctgcctc agcctcccca gtagctggga ccacaggctc acaccaccac acctggctaa 42420 tttttgtatt tttagtagag acagtctcac gatgttggcc aggctggtct tgaactcctg 42480 gcctcaagca atctgaccac ctcagcctcc caaagtgctg ggattacaag cgtgagccac 42540 caagcatggt ctttttttct ttttcttttt tttttttctt tttttttgag atggaatctc 42600 tgtcacccag gctggagtgc agttgcgtga tcttggagtg atcttggcac actgcaacct 42660 ccacctcccg ggttcaagtg attctcctgt ctcagcctcc caagtagctg ggattacagg 42720 cctgtgccac tacacccagc taatttttgt atttttagta aagatggggt ttcaccatgt 42780 tggcaaggct ggtcctgaac tcctggcctc aagtgatcca cccgccttgg cctcccaaag 42840 tgttgggcgc ccggcccttt tcattttaca tagtattcca ttgtacgaat atatcatagt 42900 ttatccattc tcctgttgat ggacgtttgg attacttcca atttctgctt attatgaata 42960 atgctgctat cagtgttctt gaacagtctt taaatagact catttaaatt atttttactg 43020 ttttctggtt gttaagataa atccatactc acagaaaaaa ttcatactca tactaacaca 43080 cacgcctccc caccacgtta aacagttttt actgttttct ggttgttaag ataaatctat 43140 actcacagaa aaaattcata ctcatactaa cacacacgcc tccccaccac attaatggtt 43200 tgatgcaaat ggcttatggt ttgatgtaaa ttcttttcct ccacatatag aatcatgtat 43260 tatcattatt aataaaattg tcactttgat ggttcctccc ttggttgtct gactcctggg 43320 ggtgctgcgt agctcttaat ccttgccctt cttgttgtaa ggtctctaga agaccaaaac 43380 tggaaaggat gtagtgatca tctagtccag agaaggcaac gctatagcac accttctact 43440 gttccatgac tacctgcacc aaggcagaca tcactaatca atcacccgat ttctatcctt 43500 gcccagccct agccactacc agtcattttg gaggtaattt gagaggccaa gtagaaaaac 43560 tgaaaccaat tttccatctc tggaataata tgccactttc cattttgcac atgaataaac 43620 tagcgctcag agaggggaag agcctgtttc aaggtcagag gtggagcccc aggctcctaa 43680 ctccctaata ctttttccac taagttcaca aactccaaaa actatttccc tggtccctga 43740 aaacctgggc tctagggagg gtgctttgtt ctccagatgg ggctcagaga tgagaacctc 43800 ccctctagcc agcccttcac ctttaggtct ggcctaagtg taagagaagc ccctgcctgc 43860 agcctggcac ccctttccca ccgtcagcac tgacagacct gcggtttcac ttctccaggt 43920 ccacagtttc agtttcccaa aataaacatt aaaaacaata aaacataaag gaggcatcct 43980 cttaacatct ttgtctttgg cccctgaatt gtagaatgat tagttgagca gattaaatca 44040 cagagttaat tacagcagag aggtgacttc agatgctgaa accatagaac tctgaagcat 44100 cccccctttc accgacacat caaaccagcc ctggctgtca ttggaagcga cagtgagaaa 44160 gtgagaaagt gggagagtca gcaggtctgg acagactgtg ggtgttctca gctgggcaag 44220 cagaatagtt tatttaattc cctccctgcc agggcagtgg ggaaagtcgg ggggtgggga 44280 atggagacag agtgtagcat aatgtttggg tcaggtagag ctagattttt agactggcca 44340 gctgcatgac cttgggcatg tcacttcaga tgtttgagtt tcagcttcgt catctgtaag 44400 gcaagcacat taatagaacc tactacattt aattattgca gtgattcaaa tgacttggtt 44460 aaaaagatgt gtatcagcca ggcgtggtgg tgcatgcatg taatcccagc actctgggag 44520 gctgaggcgg gaatatcgct tgagctcagg agttcaagac cagcctaggc aaaaaagatg 44580 tatgtaaaac tactgtgtct ccagattgtc acatctgtga aagtaggaat cactgtctgt 44640 ctcattcacc atctcatcct ccagccctag cacagtgatg gtttctaggc aagcacaact 44700 agtgaggccg ggcatggtga ctcatgcctg taatcccagc acctggggag gctgaggcag 44760 gcagatcact tgagctcagg aattcgagac cagcctgggc aacatagcaa aactctgtct 44820 ctataaaaaa tacaaaaact agctgagtgt ggtggcttga gcctgtagtc gcagctattt 44880 ggggggctga ggtgggagga tcctttgagc ccaggaggca gaggttgcag tgagccgaga 44940 tcatgccact gcattccagc ctgagtgaca gagtgagacc ctgtctcaaa aacaaacaaa 45000 caaacaaaca aaaaccaact attgagtact tagtgtaagg tatggtcctg aggataaggg 45060 gtggtggagg agaatgcaaa gaggtttaag ggactttccc ttagagagct cccattccag 45120 cataacagac attccagaac catctgtaat aataggtgca ttgtgtgtgc attaaatagg 45180 tagataacat aaaattatgt tcatgatgaa gtgcatgatg ggaattctgg tatcagactt 45240 gaattcaaat ctcagccccc tcacttacca cccgtcttat ctttattagc aagttgacct 45300 ctcaatgctt tcatttcctg atctgtaaaa tagcgacctg cctcagagag ctgttgcaag 45360 gattgaatga gtttcccaac gcaaagtgcc tgagacacaa taattgctca gagtctgact 45420 ctgttgccca ggcgggagtg cagtggcagg atctcggctc gctgcagcct ctgcctcctg 45480 ggttcaagtg attctcccac ctcagcctcc ccagtagctg ggattacagg catgtgccac 45540 cacgcctggt caatttttgt atttttcgta gagacggggt tttgccatgt tggccaggct 45600 ggtctcaaac tcctaacctc aagtgatctg tccacctcag cctcccaaaa tgctaggatt 45660 acaggcgtga gtcagcacac ccggcacccc catagtgctt ttgatggact acctttactt 45720 tcccatagtg ctttagagtg tctaaggtgc tttcaaatac atgatctcac ttaagtcttg 45780 cagcaactcc gaaagtaaat ggaagctcag aaggctaagt ggtgtatccc tagaaccacc 45840 cgaccagaaa cagtggtagt cccaagacca gcatatggat ctttggactc tcagtcaagt 45900 gctttcatta ctccagctca tagccttctg gttgagtcca gaaatctgag agaaggaaaa 45960 aaaaagagag aaaaattagg acaaaaaagt gagggactga agacctatgt ccacacaaaa 46020 acctgagctt taatcataat tgccagaact tgaaggcaac caagatgtct ttcaggaggt 46080 gaagggatgc ataaaccgtg gtacatctag agcacagact attatgcagc actaaaaaca 46140 gacaagctat caagctatgg aaagacatag acggggtcag gcgaggtggc tcacacctgt 46200 aatcccagca ctttgagagg ctgaggcagg tggatcactt gaagctagga gttccagacc 46260 agcctgggca acatggtgca accctgtctc tacaaaaaat acaaaaatta gccaggggcg 46320 gtggtgtgtg cctgtagtcc cagctattct gtagtcccag ctgttgggga ggctgaggtg 46380 ggaggattgc ttgagcctga gaggttgagg ctgcagtgag cctgaacatg ccactgcact 46440 ctagcctggg cgacagagtg aaaccttgtc tcaaacaaac aaacaaacaa acgaaacaaa 46500 cgagcaaaaa aacccaggaa acaaaaaaat aaaacccaca cacaaaaaaa gccaccatag 46560 aggaatctta actgtgtgtt actaagtgaa agaagccaat ctgaaacagc tactactgta 46620 tgattcaagc tatacgacgt tctttttttt ttgagacgaa gtcttgctct gttgcccagg 46680 ctggagcgca acggggcgat cttggctcac tgcaagctct gcctcctggg ttcacgccat 46740 tctcctgcct cagcctcccg agtagctgga actaaaagcg cccgctacca tgcccagcta 46800 attttttgta tttttagtag agacggggtt tcatcatgtt agccaggatg ggctcgatct 46860 cctgacctcg tgatccgcct gcctcggcct cccaaagtac tgggattaca ggcgtgagcc 46920 accgcgtccg gcctatatga cattcttgaa aagagaaaac tatggagagt gaaagatcag 46980 gggttgtcag gggttggggg aggggagaac aaataggtgg agcacagaga atgtttagga 47040 cagtgaaact actctgtatg acagtataat gggagataca tgtccttata catttgccca 47100 aacccataga atgtataaaa ccaagagtga actctaaact atggactctg ggtgataaca 47160 atgtgtcagt ataggttcac caattgtaac aaatgtacca ctctggtggg ggatgttgac 47220 agtgggaaag gttacacaca tgtggggtca ggcggtatgg ggaaatctct gtactttctc 47280 ctcaataaaa ataaagtcta ctttttaggc tgggcatagt ggcttatatt tgtaatccca 47340 gcactttggg aggccgtggt ggcagaggat tgcttgagtg caggagcttg agaccagcct 47400 gggcaacata gttagacccc gttctgcaaa acaaaacgaa acaaaaatta gctgggcatg 47460 gtggcgtgca tgtgtagtcc cagctatttg ggaggctgca ttgggaagac tgcttgagcc 47520 caggaggttg aggctacagt gaaccctcat cgtgccaccg cgctccagcc tgggcaacag 47580 agtgagaccc tgcctcaaaa aaagaaagaa aaaataaagt atatatatat aggtatatat 47640 atatattttt ttaagtgggg gaagtttgta aaatgggctg attataaatg catggctctt 47700 aatcagctta cagtaaattt ttccttgtct tgcatggaca agaaatggga agttccaggt 47760 aattcagggc tttgcttgga tattgcattt tcttttgttc tttttttttc tgagacggag 47820 tctcattctg tcacccaggc tggagtgcag tggtgcaatc ttagctcact tcaacctccg 47880 tctcctgagt tcaagcaatt ctcctgcctc agtctcccca gtagctggga ttacaggcgt 47940 gcgccaccac gccaggctaa tttttgtatt tttagtagag accgggtttc accatgttgg 48000 ccaggtggtc tcgaactcct gacctcgtga tctacccacc tcggcctccc aaagtgctgg 48060 gattacaggc gtgaatcact gcgcccggcc aatattgcat tttcaaagaa tgagaacact 48120 gtgaaatact ctgcacgcta aaaccacatg gactataatt taatctttaa ttttgttgtt 48180 gtcattctca aaggctcttc aatatatctt aaagctgtgt ttctccaaga gtggccaagg 48240 aaaaccctca gctctcagcc ttctcatctg atagaggtgt ctgttcaaaa actgccattt 48300 tctgagcccc catccacccc tagtccactt gacctacagt tttagagtag tgaaagtcaa 48360 aatatgaacg ttaattatca ttgtacttaa gagatgcaga cattctgctt aaatgagagt 48420 tctgtatcat agagtagact catttacctc atctccttca agtctttgct aaaacgtctc 48480 cctccccatg agaatgttgt tgatttaaaa ttgcatctca ggccaggtgt ggtggctcac 48540 gcctgtaatc ccaacacttt caagggcaga ggtgggcaga tcacctgagg tcaggcgttc 48600 aagaccagcc tggccaacac ggcgaaaccc catctctact aaaaatacaa aaaattagtc 48660 aggagtgatg gtggatgcct gtaaccccag ctactgggga ggctgaggca ggagaatcac 48720 ttgaatccaa gaggcagaga ttgcagtgag ccgagatcat gccactgcac tgcagcctgg 48780 gtgacagagc aagactccat ctcaaaaata tatatatata taaaatttca tctcaccttc 48840 ttcccaatag tacccaccct ccctatcacc cttccttctc tgtggcacct acaacatcta 48900 actgaacaca ccatttattt atctattgtt tattcattca ttcactcatt cattcattga 48960 ctcattcatt cattcattta cttgtatgac tctcatctct agaatgcaag ctttacaaag 49020 gcagctgctg ggactacaac acctaggaca gtgtctagta catagaagat gttcggtaaa 49080 tacctgtgcc aagttgcata atatcatttg cccactgtct ttctcaagag gattttttaa 49140 aaactataaa gcaaattctt cttttattct ttgagtgatg ttctgtgtgt gtagtaccag 49200 agaaaaagag ctggaaccac atcctctaat ctcttaattc tgaagtctgg gcctgttgct 49260 ctaaagatca tttttcctta ataccactga gatcctcaat ttactatgag gatcatgagt 49320 ttacaactgc attgtcctgt gagggctacc tctagaaggg cttgtcgccc ctattgtgaa 49380 caaagtggac tgaagctgct gcagctgaga tacacctgca ctgaaagagg atttgtctaa 49440 gtctaaccca tgttactgtg atacaaacaa gctactgacc aaaagaggta gacgcttcct 49500 cctcagattc tgaatgaata tgctaataca tggatcctat ctcaagctac ttcttacaca 49560 gcattggctg actctgaaca gatgccttta cccatttcct tttttttttt taatccaaaa 49620 tgtgtttatt gagatggttt cccactcatc ttgattcaga gtgctttggg tgctgcttcc 49680 tcctgaagga acatccttct gtagccttcc ttttcctcct gtaggctggc agagaacagt 49740 ggagcaggca acacacaaaa ctaccgtttg tgcatggcta cagaccatgg tgattttata 49800 gcatcctggg catgtcatat ccatgaagta ggaatcggga ctctgcacca ggcgtttctt 49860 cttctgtttc ctcttctctt ctggagaagg atgaaggaga tccctgtcga gaggcatgtt 49920 ctcgtgggta ggtcgccact gccggaaagg acccatttcc tatccttcaa gctcatctgc 49980 ccagcagcac cagcacacaa accaaagtcc aggaacactg gaagatccct actccccgca 50040 cctctccaat gacccttttt aagttcagac ctaagaagag tcacctccct aataccgcag 50100 aggctacctg ctcaccctca tctgtgtctc tgctacaaca caaactggaa tgcttttgtg 50160 tcggaatggt aagaaatgcc ttgtgtgggt ggccctccag tccccagtcc aggggatgct 50220 gagaaactgt ggggcagagt aggggacaca aacaggaaaa agcaagtttg tttctagtgt 50280 tatgctcaca gggtggcagg atatacctgc tgagcattcc cagaaggtcc ccaaggaaac 50340 cattactgta agtctctcac tttcttctct gcctgatggt tggggtgggg agagggaagg 50400 agggctatca agagggggat gggcaccctt ccagaggtca gagttatgat gcccaggaat 50460 aaaaggtgtt gaattcagga tggaatgtga aggtgaacag caaagggctt gtcaacatgg 50520 gttgtcactg gattacaccg gatggattaa ggtagggatg ggggaaggag tagaaggtga 50580 gttgggaggg aggggcttgt gtggcactga gacccccagc agggatgggg agaaggggtg 50640 ttggccacct aagcttcctg gtttgatcct tttttggctg gtttcagctg gggaagtgaa 50700 gggtcctaag gcttggatat ggagaggtgg gaatatggag aggtggggat atggagaggc 50760 ggggataagg agaggtgggg ataaggagag tggccccgca gctcccctgg tgaaccagaa 50820 tactttctca gggttgttcc caggctggag ggagggaatt ttaggggtac gtaaggtgac 50880 tccaaggagc cttgggtgca agtactgggg gatcccagag acccagaaga tgggggtaga 50940 aaggaaggtg tttgccttca cggggagtag cctcaaaata agagggactg agggaagtca 51000 ttccaaatgc agtgggtagg tagtttaggc tcttccaatg ggatggggtg gagcttagac 51060 ctctgcaaaa gaagggggtc attcggaggg gacggtgcac agctgaggcg ttgggctcct 51120 aaactggaaa caggaggctc taagaggcac tgccttttcc tccagcctcg gtgtggtggg 51180 ggtggtgagt gtctggaacc gggtttcccg aatcaggaca ggagtctgaa tggatctcac 51240 aaaaaccggc cagggaggga gagaaccagg ggagactcct cacaccggga ggtgggggtg 51300 gcggcaaact gagaacccgg gcttggggcg cgggattttc tcaacagacc atagggtcca 51360 ctaatgtgga cggcagggat ttggggaaac taagggggac tctcactttg gacaccaagg 51420 gctgaggacg gattggggaa gaggatacgg tttctactgg ggtgctgatg gaggttcccc 51480 actcgggacg cgaggcactg agtgggtccc ccaaactgga tatgggatcc tgggaacgga 51540 gcgagggctc taaattagag ccctggggtg ggggtggggg gctgtaaatt aggttgggag 51600 gaaactgggg gctctgaggg cggcttctcg ctccgactgg ggaaatggag catgtgggga 51660 ctggggagca ctagggctat ctcccgcccg acccgaggag attggggttc tcttcaattc 51720 tggacagcag ggacctgaga gggaagaccg ggggggttcc cgatccggaa ccgagctacc 51780 ttgaaggcac cgggaagcgc ttcattccgg gagggcgttc ccgcggccgg gcccccgcgc 51840 cggggtgggt ggggggtgcg gccgcgccct ggtcccggcc cgcaccggga ttcgggggtc 51900 tcgctcggcc ccggagaccc aggagccccg cgggaagggg gtcccggcgc cgccgcctcc 51960 gcgggcgccc gggctcgcgg gcgagcgcgg ggctttatgc gcgcagggcg gcggggggag 52020 gagccggcag gtcggccccc ggcgggccct cccctcggcc gtccccgccc gcccgcccga 52080 gcggggtcgg gggagggggc agcatggcct gtccgtccgg cccccttcgc cgcgctcctc 52140 atctgccccg cgccgagcgc cgccgccgcc gccgccgccg ccgctccgct gcccgcgccg 52200 cccgcggctc ccgatg 52216 2 1850 DNA Homo sapiens 2 gatcctggaa ggtgggcagc aactggcaca cctcaagatg tcccttagtc tggaggtggc 60 tacatacagg tacacagtgc tgactgtcct cggcttcttc tgcggcccag aaacttggct 120 ttgtactttc tgtgactgtc agctatcgct ttgtaaaact gtcctattta tgtgtatttg 180 tgtatgtacc acatgtgtac aggtgtccta agagcccaga ggaaggcaat gggttgtgtg 240 cagctccaca ctggtgctgt gaaccaaacc cctgttctca gcaaaaagca gcaagcattc 300 ttaaccactg agccgtctgt ccagccctcg gagtcactta aaacgtttta taacatttac 360 ttatgtaatg tatttgtctg ggatggaggc ttatgagtcc cagaggtgga acaggtctgg 420 cttggcagct tggcccaccc aggttcagga ccagaagaga cggtgatgct taaaaagaca 480 gctcagtctt cagggaggag accagacaga tgagttcttt ggaaggcagg caatctccag 540 tgtctatgcc aacatcctgg ggacacctgg gcagtctcag aagagaggcc ttgcaggttt 600 gcctgatcat gctaacctgc cacctcgcct gggcctcagg tgttttgggt aagagctggc 660 ctcctagctt ttttgcttcc tttcaagccc tcatgtcact ggtcctgccc cagttctctg 720 cccttttctt ggctgcctca ggacggctga gtggaacggc tctggtggta tgttcacagc 780 ctctgtctgt gtctcttgtg ggaaaaggcc ccagttggag tcccacggtt gagggctgag 840 gatatcactc cagagtatgg ggctaggaca ggatgccccc cttttccaga atccagcggt 900 aaagaggaaa gacagagaca ggtctaggag aggagctgga gggcccagag aaggacagcc 960 agtgagtgtc taggaaagac tgaatgcata aggcaggatg ccgcatgagg acagaggaaa 1020 gggtactttg agaaccagat gtgctcagag gccatgaatg gaaacagact agttccgaat 1080 cccatgtgaa ctgatttccc tcatctcctt caatcagctc cataggccac tgaggcaggg 1140 ccatgaacgt taagacctct gccctgaaga gtttgtgatc ctgagatgag ggctttagcc 1200 ccagtcagtc ctctgagggg aagggtccag gcagctctga ggaatgtaac cactggcgtt 1260 tgaggtctga aaaggatttg gagaagggga gctgaattca tttgcttttg tctgttacca 1320 gctctggggg cagagagaga gccatcccct gggaacagcc tgagaattcc cacttcccct 1380 gaggagccct cccttcttag gccctccaga tggtagtgtg gacaaaaggc aataattagc 1440 atgagaatcg gcctccctcc cagaggatga ggtcatcggc cttggccttg ggtggggagg 1500 cggagactga tctgaggagt ctgatataag tgttagcaat tcatttggcc ctgcctccga 1560 ctgtgggaat ctgcatgtgg ggtctccctg tgtctcaaat atgggttggc taagtatata 1620 tctgtgggta tatgactgtg tggcttttat atgacaatgg tcacaataga gattgatcct 1680 gcagtggcag gacatgctac ctcagctgga gctgacccta tctccccact ccccaccagg 1740 actctgctgg aggctgagaa ctctcggttg cagacacctg gacgaggttc ccaggcttct 1800 cttggctttc tgggtaagag gcggagccaa ctgctctcct tggaagatcc 1850 

What is claimed:
 1. A method of separating multipotential neural progenitor cells from a mixed population of cell types, said method comprising: selecting a promoter which functions selectively in the neural progenitor cells; introducing a nucleic acid molecule encoding a fluorescent protein under control of said promoter into all cell types of the mixed population of cell types; allowing only the neural progenitor cells, but not other cell types, within the mixed population to express said fluorescent protein; identifying cells of the mixed population of cell types that are fluorescent, which are restricted to the neural progenitor cells; and separating the fluorescent cells from the mixed population of cell types, wherein the separated cells are restricted to the neural progenitor cells.
 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the mixed population of cells types is in the central nervous system.
 3. A method according to claim 2, wherein the mixed population of cell types in the central nervous system is from a ventricular zone.
 4. A method according to claim 2, wherein the mixed population of cell types in the central nervous system is from a hippocampus.
 5. A method according to claim 2, wherein the mixed population of cell types in the central nervous system is from a spinal cord.
 6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the mixed population of cell types are derived from bone marrow.
 7. A method according to claim 6, wherein the mixed population of cell types are derived from bone marrow stroma or mesenchyma.
 8. A method according to claim 1, wherein the mixed population of cell types are derived from embryonic stem cells.
 9. A method according to claim 1, wherein the mixed population of cell types are mammalian.
 10. A method according to claim 9, wherein the mixed population of cell types are human.
 11. A method according to claim 1, wherein the promoter is a musashi promoter.
 12. A method according to claim 11 wherein the musashi promoter has a nucleotide sequence of SEQ. ID. No.
 1. 13. A method according to claim 1, wherein the promoter is a nestin enhancer.
 14. A method according to claim 13, wherein the nestin enhancer has a nucleotide sequence of SEQ. ID. No.
 2. 15. A method according to claim 1, wherein said introducing comprises viral mediated transformation of the mixed population of cell types.
 16. A method according to claim 15, wherein said viral mediated transformation comprises adenovirus mediated transformation.
 17. A method according to claim 1, wherein said introducing comprises electroporation.
 18. A method according to claim 1, wherein said introducing comprises liposomal mediated transformation of said plurality of cells.
 19. A method according to claim 1, wherein said separating comprises fluorescence activated cell sorting.
 20. A method according to claim 1, wherein the mixed population of cell types is in tissue.
 21. A method according to claim 20, wherein the tissue is brain tissue.
 22. A method according to claim 20, wherein the tissue is spinal cord tissue.
 23. A method according to claim 1, wherein the mixed population of cell types is in cell culture.
 24. A method according to claim 1, wherein the mixed population of cell types are from a fetal human brain.
 25. A method according to claim 1, wherein the mixed population of cell types are from an adult human brain.
 26. A method according to claim 1, wherein the multipotential neural progenitor cells are neural stem cells.
 27. A method according to claim 1 further comprising: transplanting the separated cells into a subject.
 28. An isolated human musashi promoter.
 29. An isolated human musashi promoter according to claim 28, wherein the musashi promoter has a nucleotide sequence of SEQ. ID. No.1.
 30. An enriched or purified preparation of isolated multipotential neural progenitor cells.
 31. An enriched or purified preparation of isolated multipotential neural progenitor cells according to claim 30 which are human.
 32. An enriched or purified preparation of isolated multipotential neural progenitor cells according to claim 30, wherein the multipotential neural progenitor cells are neural stem cells.
 33. An enriched or purified preparation of isolated multipotential neural progenitor cells according to claim 30, wherein the multipotential neural progenitor cells are from a ventricular zone.
 34. An enriched or purified preparation of isolated multipotential neural progenitor cells according to claim 30, wherein the multipotential neural progenitor cells are from a hippocampus.
 35. An enriched or purified preparation of isolated multipotential neural progenitor cells according to claim 30, wherein the multipotential neural progenitor cells are from a spinal cord.
 36. An enriched or purified preparation of isolated multipotential neural progenitor cells according to claim 30, wherein the multipotential neural progenitor cells are derived from bone marrow.
 37. An enriched or purified preparation of isolated multipotential neural progenitor cells according to claim 36, wherein the multipotential neural progenitor cells are derived from bone marrow stroma or mesenchyma.
 38. An enriched or purified preparation of isolated multipotential neural progenitor cells according to claim 30, wherein the multipotential neural progenitor cells are derived from embryonic stem cells. 